Synonyms for permanent wave

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pur-muh-nuhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr mə nənt

Définition of permanent wave

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French permanent (14c.) or directly from Latin permanentem (nominative permanens) "remaining," present participle of permanere "endure, hold out, continue, stay to the end," from per- "through" (see per) + manere "stay" (see mansion). As a noun meaning "permanent wave," by 1909. Of clothing, permanent press attested from 1964.

As in body wave : noun hair curling treatment

Example sentences :

A pretty mess I was, as bad as a woman getting a permanent wave.
Extract from : « Cue for Quiet » by Thomas L. Sherred

A subtitle announced: "He had put a permanent wave in Marcel."
Extract from : « Merton of the Movies » by Harry Leon Wilson

Her cheek nested in his permanent wave, Warble studied the pictures.
Extract from : « Ptomaine Street » by Carolyn Wells

His walnut hair was fine and silky, but a permanent wave made it fuzz forth in a bushy crinkle that was distractingly lovely.
Extract from : « Ptomaine Street » by Carolyn Wells

Also she's a home-grown siren that works without the aid of a lip-stick, permanent wave, or an eyebrow pencil.
Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford

And Mrs. Garvey turns the color of a fire hydrant clear up into her permanent wave.
Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford

That would take the permanent wave out of your hair, old grouch!
Extract from : « The Campfire Girls on Station Island » by Margaret Penrose

She still clung to the bobbed henna wig with its permanent wave.
Extract from : « Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman » by Emma Speed Sampson

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