curls

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She wakes up with a damp head and the curls are abundant.

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  1. transitive verb To twist (the hair, for example) into ringlets or coils.
  2. transitive verb To form into a coiled or spiral shape: curled the ends of the ribbon.
  3. transitive verb To decorate with coiled or spiral shapes.

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  • The woman with her short clustering curls, the man with his strong face, are resting after that long fever which brought woe to Italy, to Europe a new age, and to the boasted minion of fortune a slow death in the prison palace of Loches. —  New Italian sketches
  • There had been yellow curls--in the Newfoundland way--and rosy cheeks and grave blue eyes; but now of all this shy, fair loveliness You've killed her No--no Dolly dropped her hands. —  Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D.
  • Her hair had been cut off after the first few months; her short curls were almost covered by the ice bag. —  The Promised Land
  • Possibly a crown would yet be set upon those pretty, fair curls--which she began to think prettier than ever when she saw the imaginary crown upon them She sat down, considering whether her oath, "never to say a word to Prince Dolor about himself," would be broken, if she were to take a pencil and write, what was to be told. —  The Little Lame Prince Rewritten for Young Readers by Margaret Waters
  • Then a young girl sprang up from the sofa; and Hanny caught a glint of golden curls, as she was clasped in the outstretched arms Oh, Hanny Oh, Daisy That was all they said for a moment or two. —  A Little Girl of Long Ago
 

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