curly-head

It would go well on the neck of that curly-head wench, or if not her, about the neck of another.

Conan The Triumphant Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983

What a dear little curly-head you were at the age of two, Berta!

Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls Julia Augusta Schwartz

I saw a cottage amid the elms and oaks and a little curly-head toddled at the door; I saw a happy husband and father return from his labors in the evening and kiss his happy wife and frolic with his baby.

Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales Robert L. Taylor

From the little green arbour, in between the trees, a golden curly-head came peeping, followed by a little white body and little Trientje too, holding a great bunch of yellow daffodils in her hand.

The Path of Life Stijn [pseud.] Streuvels 1920

Ot'er day I watch the curly-head one scrape his face.

The Huntress Hulbert Footner 1911

He, as well as the other members of the family, called me Georg Krullebol, which means curly-head, to distinguish me from a cousin called Georg von Gent.

The Story of My Life Ebers, Georg, 1837-1898 1892

They did not know that he was saying -- for one whom but that morning he had called "his curly-head at home" -- the prayer that is common to Virginia and to

Two Little Confederates Thomas Nelson Page 1887

In the other room he now hears the dismal gasps of his curly-head.

David Lockwin—The People's Idol John McGovern 1883

"There goes Doctor John of Barnegat and his curly-head," the neighbors would say; "when ye see one ye see t'other."

Tides of Barnegat Francis Hopkinson Smith 1876

"Good-bye, curly-head; take care of that umbrella," said her father, kissing her pea-green cheek, and hurrying out of the car as the bell rang.

The Twin Cousins Sophie May 1869