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Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper.

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  1. n. Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper.
  2. Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper. [Sometimes written carlicue.] [ Colloq. U.S.] To cut a curlycue, to make a flourish; to cut a caper. I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot. McClintock.
  3. Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen onpaper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper.[Sometimes written carlicue.] [ Colloq. U.S.] To cut a curlycue, tomake a flourish; to cut a caper.I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my rightfoot. McClintock.
  4. n. Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper.