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Examples of curlicue
curlicue
Compact flourescents are basically curlicue tubes filled with gas that lights up.
From the pogue.blogs.nytimes.com
Here is a curlicue tree limb, twisted in the surf like a giant elk antler.
From the sfgate.com
Diners bought copies of the Daily Thanthi newspaper, written in the curlicue script of Tamil.
From the travel.nytimes.com
Those curlicue fluorescent bulbs are extremely efficient, but they also contain dangerous mercury.
From the newsobserver.com
Consider the roulade, a curlicue of egg, cheese and vegetables.
From the sacbee.com
Then they are off on the next choreographic curlicue and swirl.
From the nzherald.co.nz
She'd found bouquets at the bridal show spiked with real curlicue fern fronds that fit the theme.
From the kansas.com
It was covered up, save the curlicue of the last letter.
From the denverpost.com
It even comes lovingly adorned with a straw-wrapper curlicue.
From the inrich.com
- Coil: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- Squiggle: a short twisting line
- A curlicue, or alternatively curlycue, in the visual arts, is a fancy twist, or curl, composed usually from a series of concentric circles. It is a recurring motif in architecture (as decoration to the lintel/architrave above a door), in calligraphy and in general scrollwork.
- A fancy twisting or curling shape made from a series of concentric circles; To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues
- A decorative curl or twist-
