A huge dial beside the plate had a pointer and scores of notches, each labeled with a couple of squiggly characters.

In each square was a bit of squiggly writing, in blackish paint, and a small wooden peg jutting out from the wall.

A frail man, with a bald head and a squiggly moustache, stood up behind his desk.

I could have hugged it to my breast and cried upon the squiggly little curls that never lie flat.

With regard to the living-rooms, it is essential that they should not be square but squiggly.