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Definition of Kiss curl
1. Noun. A spiral curl plastered on the forehead or cheek.
Definition of Kiss curl
1. Noun. A spiral-shaped curl of hair upon the forehead. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kiss Curl
Literary usage of Kiss curl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"This is the descendant of the bow-catcher (sic) or kiss-curl of England, just as
the aristocratic love-lock of the days of Puritanism was the ancestor of ..."
2. The Slang Dictionary: Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and "fast by John Camden Hotten (1872)
"KING'S PICTURES, (now, of course, QUEEN'S PICTURES,) money. KISKY, drunk, fuddled.
KISSER, the mouth.—Pugilistic term. KISS-CURL, a small curl twisted on ..."
3. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by William Morris (1904)
"Her full lips being made to kiss, Curl'd up and pensive each one is; This makes
me faint to stand and see. ..."
4. A glossary of French slang by Olivier Leroy (1922)
"Lock of hair smoothed down on the temples, much in the fashion ar£iong bullies
about 1875 ; bow-catcher, kiss-curl ; tf.S. spit-curl. acheter, vb. tr. ..."
5. William Morris: Poet, Craftsman, Socialist by Elisabeth Luther Cary (1902)
"Her full lips being made to kiss, Curl'd up and pensive each one is; This makes
me faint to stand and see. Beata mea Domina! ..."
6. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"Spyt [n] spit, spittle, saliva; slikke — fer cringe to, truckle to, lick the feet
of. -kirtel salivary gland, -krelle kiss-curl, -slikkende [a] toad-eating. ..."
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