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Garden hose shape

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coil

(Other definitions for coil that I've seen before include "Wind (ropes) - gather (hair)" , "spring" , "Convolute" , "Eg, wire wound round and round" , "Wind in a series of loops" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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