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Definition of Spit curl
1. Noun. A spiral curl plastered on the forehead or cheek.
Definition of Spit curl
1. Noun. (colloquial dated) A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle or other adhesive substance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spit Curl
Literary usage of Spit 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)
"Indeed, Mamma, said Miss Maria/' she reports, " arranging her spit-curl in that
particular manner, which at once explains the meaning of the rather ..."
2. How to Study "The Best Short Stories": An Analysis of Edward J. O'Brien's by Blanche Colton Williams (1919)
"A spit-curl character must have spit-curl ideas and behavior. The more I write
the more I am convinced that the writer is a slave to two contradictory ..."
3. How to Study "The Best Short Stories": An Analysis of Edward J. O'Brien's by Blanche Colton Williams (1919)
"I think the writer must make the character act like its description. A spit-curl
character must have spit-curl ideas and behavior. ..."
4. The Slang Dictionary: Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and "fast by John Camden Hotten (1872)
"Bartlett says :—" SPIT-CURL, a detached lock of hair curled upon the temple;
probably from having been at first plastered into shape by the saliva. ..."
5. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1903)
"... but on this occasion she formed what I must perforce call by its only name,
a spit-curl, directly in the centre of her brow, an ornament which she ..."
6. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1910)
"... but on this occasion she formed what I must perforce call by its only name,
a spit-curl, directly in the centre of her brow, an ornament which she was ..."
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