to cut a curlycue

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

curlycue \curl"y*cue\ (k?rl"?-k?), n. [Cf. F. caracole.]
   Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on
   paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome
   caper. Same as {curlicue}. [Sometimes written {carlicue}.] [
   Colloq. U.S.]
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   {To cut a curlycue}, to make a flourish; to cut a caper.
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            I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a
            curlycue with my right foot.          --McClintock.
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