"Eugene wave" meaning in All languages combined

See Eugene wave on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Eugene waves [plural]
Etymology: Proprietary name. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Eugene wave (plural Eugene waves)
  1. (now historical) A brand of home perm. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Hair

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1978, Penelope Fitzgerald, The Bookshop, Fourth Estate, published 2014, page 3",
          "text": "Florence […] saw herself and her friend, their hair in Eugene waves, chained pencils round their necks, young assistants of twenty-five years ago at Müller's in Wigmore Street.",
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          "ref": "2002, Charlotte Bingham, The Chestnut Tree",
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