Definition of "curlies" []

• One or more locks of curly hair. (noun)

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• "Data enclosed in curlies or parentheses is always going to look better than data – there’s just no debate."
• "OPEC already has the world market by the short and curlies."
• "The coal magnates that have Canberra by the short and curlies."