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名詞

curlies pl (plural only)

1. Locks of curly hair.
2. (specifically, slang) Pubic hair
   • 2001 December 1, Demetrios Hung, APA, “First helmet laws, now this...”, in rec.motorcycles‎ (Usenet):

     When the condom gets caught on your curlies while you're trying to roll it off.

3. (computing, informal) Curly brackets.
   • 2004, Martin Fowler, UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language:

     Some keywords, such as {abstract}, show up in curly brackets. It's never really clear what should technically be in guillemets and what should be in curlies.

4. (computing, informal) Curly quotes.
   • 1994, Woody Leonhard, The Underground Guide to Word for Windows, page 245:

     Doing it manually can be a real drag and messy, but you can use a short macro to change all curlies to straights throughout an entire document.

同意語

• (locks of hair): curls

関連する語

• curl
• short and curlies

アナグラム

• Luciers