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Quotation dates: 1868
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†CURLIE-FUFFS, n. comb., pl. “A term applied, apparently in a ludicrous way, to false hair worn by females in order to supply deficiencies” (Teviotdale 1825 Jam.2).Sc.(E) [1868] D. M. Ogilvy Willie Wabster's Wooing (1873) 4:
Wi' falderals and crinolines! Curliefuffs! cock-ups! friggle-fraggles!
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