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have someone by the short and curlies

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
have -some-one by the short- and curlies
IPA
53
Scrabble Score
31
Letters
4
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of have someone by the short hairs.

Colloquial

Usage

Inflected Forms

has someone by the short and curlies (present, singular) having someone by the short and curlies (participle, present) had someone by the short and curlies (participle, past) had someone by the short and curlies (past)

Synonyms

have someone by the short hairs

Questions

What does have someone by the short and curlies mean?
Synonym of have someone by the short hairs.

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