Read full poem →Superscripted characters are enclosed by curly brackets
({superscript}).
Dictionary Entry
A person or animal with curly hair.
Origin
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Common Phrases
hair curlyblack curlyhead curly. curlybraces curlybrown curlycurly blackcurly dark
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Poetry examples for “curly”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →four or five of us. I took a hit and exhaled through my nostrils. Then saw
Curly Wagner walking in.
Read full poem →‘« Half Puritan, half Cavalier!
‘ His curly hair I think’s a wig;
*« And, for his fortune, why, my Dear,
Read full poem →An entry in curly brackets should be read as a dictionary
definition of the quoted text which cannot be directly fitted
Read full poem →superscripted (examples: S^t, Pe^tr). In some instances
the superscripted characters are enclosed by curly
brackets (examples: S^{r}, w^{th}).
Read full poem →And he is soft as any dove,
And brown and curly is his hair.
Read full poem →When as he gazed into the watery glass
And through his brown hair’s curly tangles scanned
His own wan face, a shadow seemed to pass
Read full poem →The angels guide him now,
And watch his curly head,
And lead him in their games,