Definition of Kiss curl

1. Noun. A spiral curl plastered on the forehead or cheek.

Exact synonyms: Spit Curl
Generic synonyms: Crimp

Definition of Kiss curl

1. Noun. A spiral-shaped curl of hair upon the forehead. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kiss Curl

kiss-and-tell
kiss-curl
kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
kiss-off
kiss-offs
kiss-up
kiss-ups
kiss and make up
kiss and ride
kiss and tell
kiss arse
kiss chase
kiss curl
kiss goodbye
kiss me
kiss my arse
kiss of death
kiss of life
kiss of peace
kiss off
kiss the ground someone walks on
kiss the gunner's daughter
kiss up
kiss up to
kissability

Literary usage of Kiss curl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"This is the descendant of the bow-catcher (sic) or kiss-curl of England, just as the aristocratic love-lock of the days of Puritanism was the ancestor of ..."

2. The Slang Dictionary: Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and "fast by John Camden Hotten (1872)
"KING'S PICTURES, (now, of course, QUEEN'S PICTURES,) money. KISKY, drunk, fuddled. KISSER, the mouth.—Pugilistic term. KISS-CURL, a small curl twisted on ..."

3. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by William Morris (1904)
"Her full lips being made to kiss, Curl'd up and pensive each one is; This makes me faint to stand and see. ..."

4. A glossary of French slang by Olivier Leroy (1922)
"Lock of hair smoothed down on the temples, much in the fashion ar£iong bullies about 1875 ; bow-catcher, kiss-curl ; tf.S. spit-curl. acheter, vb. tr. ..."

5. William Morris: Poet, Craftsman, Socialist by Elisabeth Luther Cary (1902)
"Her full lips being made to kiss, Curl'd up and pensive each one is; This makes me faint to stand and see. Beata mea Domina! ..."

6. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"Spyt [n] spit, spittle, saliva; slikke — fer cringe to, truckle to, lick the feet of. -kirtel salivary gland, -krelle kiss-curl, -slikkende [a] toad-eating. ..."

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