: a spiral curl that is usually plastered on the forehead, temple, or cheek
Examples of spit curl in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebAnd at her sideburns was another, smaller spit curl.—Gabi Thorne, Allure, 1 Sep. 2023 His piercing eyes surveyed his audience from beneath a ginger spit curl.—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023 Brandon Routh just missed the superhero movie boom by a spit curl.—David Betancourt, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2019 The hair was short, combed forward, and arranged in sort of spit curls around the temples.—Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2013 The classic look would often get sexed up with spit curls that lay slicked to the forehead, at the nape of the neck, or in front of the ear, thanks to the influence of Josephine Baker.—Rebecca Norris, Allure, 22 May 2018
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Word History
Etymology
probably from its being sometimes plastered down with saliva
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