ringlet

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And every ringlet was a snare,

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  1. noun A long, spirally curled lock of hair.
  2. noun A small circle or ring.

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  • Not being able to write myself, I dictated while she wrote; and while thus engaged she strove in vain to avert the inevitable tear slow trickling down her ringlet-shaded cheek. —  Life of George M. Horton, The Colored Bard of North-Carolina
  • The ringlet is a section of the diaphanous D ring, so faint it wasn't discovered until Voyager. —  AnalogSFF,June2007
  • They included two that enjoyed their second-best year on record - the ringlet, which increased in numbers by 35 per cent, and the large heath, which inceased by 66 per cent. —  Top stories from Times Online
  • At any rate, somewhat perplexedly she regarded the departing figure of the king; then humming lightly, turned to a mirror to adjust a ringlet which had fallen from the golden net binding her tresses Mčre de Dieu_! —  Under the Rose
  • There was youth in the eyes and the delicate dark-brown arch of the eyebrows, but the old-fashioned ringlet which hung at either cheek beneath the cottage bonnet she wore was almost white. —  Aunt Rachel
 

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/ˈrɪŋlɛt/
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