English

Etymology
French guiche#French|guiche.

Pronunciation
IPA: /gi:�/

Noun
guiche

1. a kiss-curl

#:*1973: At this distance, some 20 meters, she is only a dim figure in a black bombazine frock that reaches to her knees, her bare legs long and straight, a short hood of bright blonde hair keeping her face in shadow, coming up in guiches to touch her cheeks. � Thomas Pynchon, Gravity�s Rainbow

French

Etymology
Perhaps from Frankish *withthja, influenced by Latin vitica.

Pronunciation
IPA: /gi�/

Noun
guiche f

1. archaic a strap
2. a kiss-curl

vi:guiche

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