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Curled hair

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(Com.) the hair of the manes and tails of horses, prepared for upholstery purposes.
- McElrath.

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The high cap no longer invested his brows, which were only shaded by short and thick curled hair of a raven blackness, corresponding to his unusually swart complexion.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Sir Walter View in context
Even his hair, touched here and there with grey, though it had been combed and curled at a hairdresser's, did not give him a stupid appearance, as curled hair usually does, by inevitably suggesting a German on his wedding-day.
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
He looked at the grey, carefully curled hair, yellow white visage, and slim, somewhat foppish figure.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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