| 单词 | spit-curl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspit-curl spit-curl n. originally U.S. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair of head > curl > [noun] feak1548 lovelock1592 crisple1594 curl1604 cockle1608 crisp1638 ringlet1645 cockera1653 heartbreaker1654 moustache1662 confidenta1685 cruchea1685 passagerea1685 favourite1690 wimpler1724 cannon1774 whisker1786 favori1801 curlet1803 tendril1814 sausage curl1828 spit-curl1831 crimp1855 curdle1860 number sices1861 whiskerette1880 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > curled or frizzed style > a curl crocket1303 crookc1308 crotchet1589 lock1601 bergera1685 beau-catcher1818 sausage curl1828 spit-curl1831 crimp1855 kiss-curl1856 follow-me-lads1862 Alexandra curl1863 bob-curl1867 pin-curl1873 Montague1881 quiff1890 kiss-me-quick1893 1831 Boston Transcript 9 Sept. 2/1 What would the reverend Doctor say of the ‘spit curls’, and Chinese precision of a modern dandyzette's head gear? 1857 M. J. Holmes Meadow-Brook ii Arranging just in front of her ears two spit curls, sometimes called ‘beau catchers’. 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 435 Spit-curl, a detached lock of hair curled upon the temple; probably from having been at first plastered into shape by the saliva. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 324 The female ornament..is the spit-curl. 1903 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VI. ii. 314/1 Spit-curl, subs. phr. (costers').—A curl lying flat on the temple; a soap-curl. 1957 L. Durrell Justine i. 37 A spitcurl at each temple. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 198 Spit curls, small curls brought forward on to the cheek, often moistened with ‘spit’. < as lemmas |
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