curly-wurly,a.dial. and colloq.|ˈkɜːlɪˌwɜːlɪ| [See curlie-wurlie n.] Twisting and curling. 1853W. Cadenhead Flights of Fancy 187 Wi' a' their curly-wurly stanes.1907N. Munro Daft Days xix, The dusting of the stair-rauls and the parlour beltings—the curly-wurly places, as she called them.