marcel
IPA: mɑrsˈɛɫ
noun
- A hairstyle characterized by deep waves made by a curling iron.
- A marcel wave.
- A male given name from French
- A village in North Goa district, Goa, India.
verb
- (transitive) To wave (hair) by the marcel method.
- (transitive, figuratively) To wave.
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Examples of "marcel" in Sentences
- I. .called Sonny for an appointment; I had to have a marcel!
- Many a beautiful marcel was sacrificed to save a masterpiece of millinery.
- FRAME Long Weekend (1988) 121 Her thinning grey hair had been finger set in marcel waves.
- Note 1: process head, refers to the "marcel" hairstyle of deep waves made with a curling iron.
- 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.
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