Definition of Spit curl

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

Exact synonyms: Kiss Curl
Generic synonyms: Crimp

Definition of Spit curl

1. Noun. (colloquial dated) A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle or other adhesive substance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spit Curl

spiry
spirytual
spirytuall
spit
spit-and-polish
spit-ball
spit-take
spit-up
spit and bailing wire
spit and polish
spit curl
spit curls
spit it out
spit of land
spit out
spit take
spit the dummy
spit up
spit wad
spit wads
spital
spitalhouse
spitalhouses
spitals

Literary usage of Spit 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)
"Indeed, Mamma, said Miss Maria/' she reports, " arranging her spit-curl in that particular manner, which at once explains the meaning of the rather ..."

2. How to Study "The Best Short Stories": An Analysis of Edward J. O'Brien's by Blanche Colton Williams (1919)
"A spit-curl character must have spit-curl ideas and behavior. The more I write the more I am convinced that the writer is a slave to two contradictory ..."

3. How to Study "The Best Short Stories": An Analysis of Edward J. O'Brien's by Blanche Colton Williams (1919)
"I think the writer must make the character act like its description. A spit-curl character must have spit-curl ideas and behavior. ..."

4. The Slang Dictionary: Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and "fast by John Camden Hotten (1872)
"Bartlett says :—" SPIT-CURL, a detached lock of hair curled upon the temple; probably from having been at first plastered into shape by the saliva. ..."

5. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1903)
"... but on this occasion she formed what I must perforce call by its only name, a spit-curl, directly in the centre of her brow, an ornament which she ..."

6. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (1910)
"... but on this occasion she formed what I must perforce call by its only name, a spit-curl, directly in the centre of her brow, an ornament which she was ..."

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