Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A spiral curl of hair pressed flat against the cheek, temple, or forehead.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A small lock of hair curled so as to lie flat on the temple: so called jocosely or contemptuously from the circumstance that they were often made with the help of saliva.
GNU Webster's 1913
- A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a spiral curl plastered on the forehead or cheek
Etymologies
- From the use of saliva to fix the curl.
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treeseed Merriam-Webster Dictionary
noun
Etymology: probably from its being sometimes plastered down with saliva
Date: 1831
: a spiral curl that is usually plastered on the forehead, temple, or cheek Jan 31, 2008