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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
perm . - adjective That has been given a
permanent wave
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective styled with permanent waves
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Examples
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Robyn misses the "permed" guitar cables of the 1970s and was inspired by the fact that Girard Street in Philadelphia has "streetcars."
Murmurs.com 2009
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She brushed her permed, always-damp-looking red hair behind an ear and shaped the ash of her cigarette.
Least Resistance 2009
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It had been dyed a pastel blue, curled tightly and permed, making the best of a volume shortage.
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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She brushed her permed, always-damp-looking red hair behind an ear and shaped the ash of her cigarette.
Least Resistance 2009
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It had been dyed a pastel blue, curled tightly and permed, making the best of a volume shortage.
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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Short and pudgy at 5-foot-3, he wore platform shoes and sported a permed bouffant.
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She brushed her permed, always-damp-looking red hair behind an ear and shaped the ash of her cigarette.
Least Resistance 2009
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She dressed like a trendy girl from Brooklyn: heels, lip ring, multiple earring studs, permed hair.
Ming Holden: The Real Haunted House Ming Holden 2011
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Mimi's naturally straight hair is permed and layered.
Superlatives Ann Wahlman 2011
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She dressed like a trendy girl from Brooklyn: heels, lip ring, multiple earring studs, permed hair.
Ming Holden: The Real Haunted House Ming Holden 2011
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