Cue v. World English Historical Dictionary

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[f. CUE sb.3] trans. To form or twist (the hair) into a cue; to furnish with a cue. Hence Cued ppl. a.

1

1772–84.  Cook, Voy., IV. III. vi. (R.). They separate it [their hair] into small locks which they woold or cue round with the rind of a slender plant.

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1775–83.  Thacher, Mil. Jrnl. (1823), 230. A genteel cued wig.

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1824.  Scott, St. Ronan’s, iii. Winterblossom … wore his hair cued, and dressed with powder.

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