"twirly" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "twirl + -y",
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    {
      "form": "twirlier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twirliest",
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        "superlative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "coiled or curly"
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      "ipa": "/ˈtwɜː(ɹ).liː/",
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  "word": "twirly"
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  "etymology_text": "Blend of too + early from the question \"Am I too early [to use my pass]?\" frequently asked of bus drivers, etc. by holders of OAP/senior citizen or similar travel passes that are not valid before a certain time (usually 9:30am).",
  "forms": [
    {
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        "plural"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986, Working Group on Violence to Road Passenger Transport Staff, Assaults on bus staff and measures to prevent such assaults, HMSO, page 51",
          "text": "Some passengers do try to use passes fraudulently and the time restriction on OAP passes can sometimes lead to arguments (the so-called \"twirlies\" — \"Am I too early?\") but seldom to assaults.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1986, Rick Steves, Great Britain in 22 days: a step-by-step guide and travel itinerary, page 52",
          "text": "These are a great hit with \"Twirlies\" (senior citizens, infamous for using their bus passes \"too-early\" before rush hour fades).",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 May 14, Daisy Dart, “Re: Passengers say the stupidest things”, in Bus drivers canteen (Usenet), message-ID <1179173999.213616.59880@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>",
          "text": "I once had a twirly get on my bus, well I have had several hundred actually but that's beside the point!",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Maureen Harvey, “5 The Breakthrough”, in Pure Evil - How Tracie Andrews murdered my son, deceived the nation and sentenced me to a life of pain and misery",
          "text": "He'd been so desperate to go to the toilet that he'd parked the bus, locked the twirlies on it and run through the gully home!",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "an old age pensioner or other elderly person, especially one using public transport."
      ],
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          "old age pensioner"
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        "(British, Ireland, slang, sometimes derogatory) an old age pensioner or other elderly person, especially one using public transport."
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        {
          "word": "coffin dodger"
        },
        {
          "word": "geriatric"
        },
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          "word": "senior citizen"
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        {
          "word": "old person"
        }
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        "sometimes"
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      "ipa": "/ˈtwɜː(ɹ).liː/",
      "tags": [
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        {
          "ref": "1986, Working Group on Violence to Road Passenger Transport Staff, Assaults on bus staff and measures to prevent such assaults, HMSO, page 51",
          "text": "Some passengers do try to use passes fraudulently and the time restriction on OAP passes can sometimes lead to arguments (the so-called \"twirlies\" — \"Am I too early?\") but seldom to assaults.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1986, Rick Steves, Great Britain in 22 days: a step-by-step guide and travel itinerary, page 52",
          "text": "These are a great hit with \"Twirlies\" (senior citizens, infamous for using their bus passes \"too-early\" before rush hour fades).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 May 14, Daisy Dart, “Re: Passengers say the stupidest things”, in Bus drivers canteen (Usenet), message-ID <1179173999.213616.59880@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>",
          "text": "I once had a twirly get on my bus, well I have had several hundred actually but that's beside the point!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Maureen Harvey, “5 The Breakthrough”, in Pure Evil - How Tracie Andrews murdered my son, deceived the nation and sentenced me to a life of pain and misery",
          "text": "He'd been so desperate to go to the toilet that he'd parked the bus, locked the twirlies on it and run through the gully home!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "an old age pensioner or other elderly person, especially one using public transport."
      ],
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          "old age pensioner",
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      ],
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      "word": "coffin dodger"
    },
    {
      "word": "geriatric"
    },
    {
      "word": "senior citizen"
    },
    {
      "word": "old person"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twirly"
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