curly-wurly
adjective informal
Twisting and curling.You're a pig and there's your curly-wurly tail....
- The plot does a bit of a curly-wurly at the end that shows a glimmer of originality, but not enough to save it.
Origin
Late 18th century: reduplication of curly.
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