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permanent wave

NOUN
body wave
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But in beauty school, I discovered I was allergic to permanent wave solution.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2019

Beauty was Étienne’s business: A Hungarian-born hairdresser, who lived to 98, he had invented a permanent wave machine.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2018

The show is about his grandfather, a hairdresser and the inventor of the permanent wave machine.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2017

This was the way the illustrator had to follow—no glamorizing for him either; no giving everyone a permanent wave.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 3, 2016

Maybe, I’ll take time out and get a permanent wave, except that I hate beauty parlors.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg




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