subs. (common).—A small curl twisted on the cheek or temple; a BEAU-CATCHER (q.v.): cf. AGGRAWATOR and LOVE-LOCK. Also KISS-ME-QUICK.
1856. Punch, xxxi. 219. I declare when I read that letter in print, with a picture in the corner not the least bit in the world like me (tho’ I admit rather pretty in its way) I coloured up to the tip-top of my forehead and I am sure that if I had worn those pastry-cook’s girl’s ornaments called KISS-CURLS the gum would have been melted off in a minute.
