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marcel - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A hairstyle characterized by deep regular waves made by a heated curling iron.
intransitive verb To style (the hair) with deep regular waves, using a curling iron.
intransitive verb To make such a hairstyle.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun A hairstyle characterized by deep waves made by a curling iron.
noun A marcel wave .
verb transitive To wave hair by the marcel method.
verb transitive (figuratively ) To wave ; as, marcelled potato crisps.
adjective Of, producing, or related to marcel waves .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Marcel , Grateau (1852–1936), French hairdresser.]
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FRAME Long Weekend (1988) 121 Her thinning grey hair had been finger set in marcel waves.
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FRAME Long Weekend (1988) 121 Her thinning grey hair had been finger set in marcel waves.
SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1156 2009
Note 1: process head, refers to the "marcel " hairstyle of deep waves made with a curling iron.
John Lee Hooker Lyrics 2009
Note 1: process head, refers to the "marcel " hairstyle of deep waves made with a curling iron.
Process John Lee Hooker 1961
Many a beautiful marcel was sacrificed to save a masterpiece of millinery.
Hammer Ser | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009
Many a beautiful marcel was sacrificed to save a masterpiece of millinery.
SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1156 2009
Europa, meanwhile, marcel -waved and flat-chested, faces the rear: legs crossed, back straight, in other words sitting in the attitude of stylish nonchalance one might associate with cinematic comedies of the 1930s.
The Flight of Europa 2009
I. .called Sonny for an appointment; I had to have a marcel !
SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1156 2009
Europa, meanwhile, marcel -waved and flat-chested, faces the rear: legs crossed, back straight, in other words sitting in the attitude of stylish nonchalance one might associate with cinematic comedies of the 1930s.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
I. .called Sonny for an appointment; I had to have a marcel !
Hammer Ser | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009
bilby commented on the word marcel
*waves back*
October 10, 2008