Meanings
nouncurlyhead (plural curlyheads)
plural curlyheads
- A person with curly hair.
The curlyhead was laughing politely and robustly.
1930, Fitzhugh Buckner, Hooper dooper!2 more examples
I would say that thank goodness there was no danger of any curlyheads in Madam and the Master's family.
1996, Phyllis Shand Allfrey, Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, The orchid house, page 6The season’s starting. My wife, my curlyhead, my debts and jail stop worrying me. A scammer’s life becomes his scams.
2012, Jim Quinn, “Day Job”, in Waiting for the Wars to End: Two Stories, Boston, Mass.: Pressed Wafer, →ISBN, page 25
Origin
Translations
Danish krøltop
- krøltopperson with curly hair
Dutch krullebol
- krullebolperson with curly hair
Finnish kiharapää
- kiharapääperson with curly hair
Irish catóg, catachán
- catógperson with curly hair
- catachánperson with curly hair
Scottish Gaelic cuachag
- cuachagperson with curly hair
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APA
curlyhead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curlyhead
MLA
“curlyhead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curlyhead. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curlyhead,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curlyhead.
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