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▪ I. perm, n.1 colloq.|pɜːm|
Abbrev. of permanent wave s.v. permanent a. (n.) 1 d.
1927Home Chat 22 Oct. 200 How long does a ‘perm’ last? 1929N. Royde-Smith Summer Holiday 113 The old girl's had a perm. Look at the waves. 1932Modern Weekly 30 Apr. 136 You can have a ‘perm.’, or you may find a tong wave best. 1937G. Frankau More of Us xv. 162 All perfume, perm and pearls and prominent teeth. 1943J. B. Priestley Daylight on Saturday vii. 43 There was a girl called Elsie, who was a fake blonde, had a terrific perm. 1954Wodehouse Jeeves & Feudal Spirit xii. 109 This aunt who sat before me clutching feverishly at her perm. 1960M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye iii. 45 She moved her hand across her perm, nipping each brown wave in turn between her third and index fingers. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 31 Jan. 8/2 After carrying around a headful of perfectly straight hair, I now sport a crown of exotic, wavy, fluffy, jaunty, tousled, perky, spirally, bouncy curls. I have a perm.
▪ II. perm, n.2 colloq.
Abbrev. of permutation 5.
1956News Chron. 1 Nov. 10/8 Perms and plain paper bets accepted. 1958L. Gibbs Gowns & Satyr's Legs xix. 128 He studied it [sc. a printed paper] intently, being in the process of constructing what..he called a ‘perm’. 1958Punch 27 Aug. 265/3 No pools investor of quality would seek advice from hacks who write:..Middlesbrough rate high in homes perm. 1971E. Afr. Standard (Nairobi) 10 Apr. 2/7 (Advt.), See our collector for coupons, plans and perms. 1973Weekly News (Glasgow) (Football Suppl.) 11 Aug. 3/1 And perm fans especially welcome the chance to cover more matches that the lower stakes give. 1974Guardian 26 Nov. 27/2 Littlewoods have introduced a new perm—the {pstlg}½ plan—using 12 selections which gives tight cover for only 50p. One is guaranteed 24 points if any nine matches result as score draws, and there are several other combinations which would provide a first dividend with only eight.
▪ III. perm, v.1 colloq.
[f. perm n.1]
trans. To give a permanent wave to (the hair). So permed ppl. a., having a permanent wave.
1928Daily Express 17 Mar. 9/5 These girls took their chairs at 7.30 p.m... Three hours later they rose ‘permed’, as one says in the profession. 1931S. Holme in Repertory 6 June 10/2 Thea spent nearly all day at the hairdresser's having her hair ‘permed’. 1936A. Christie ABC Murders xi. 83 Her hair had evidently recently been permed, it stood out from her head in a mass of rather frizzy curls. 1952News Chron. 8 July 4/1 Children's hair differs from adults in that it is finer in texture and less elastic. Meaning that what perms Mother won't necessarily perm daughter. 1956I. Murdoch Flight from Enchanter 192 Her elaborately permed hair. 1959News Chron. 11 Aug. 6/2 There is a growing tendency for British mothers to perm children's hair. 1960F. Raphael Limits of Love iii. v. 328 Newly permed brown hair. 1970‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird iv. 52 His golden, permed sideburns glistened. 1973J. Thomson Death Cap v. 75 She had her brother's..gingerish, greying hair, although hers was permed into a lot of little waves.
▪ IV. perm, v.2 colloq.
[Abbrev. permute v. or f. perm n.2]
To make a selection of (so many) from a larger number; to make a permutation of (permutation 3 b).
1959Times 9 Mar. 11/4 One trusting citizen, having duly filled in a complex formula ‘perming’ a number of matches, looked upon his labour as a guarantee that dividends would automatically come pouring in. 1968Guardian 11 July 9/7 Perm any six of these reasons to find out why an aircraft..crashed last week. 1972Ibid. 3 Apr. 9/3 He went about it..composing 50 horoscopes in a single night... Then daily he permed any 12 from 50 so that ‘conflict within the home’ would befall Leos one week and Scorpios another. 1973Milestones Summer 21/1 There are 12 all told, if you perm the alternatives of 2- or 4-door body shells and four engine sizes (of which two are also available in hotted up ‘Sport Special’ form). 1976J. Snow Cricket Rebel 51 At the start he would ‘perm’ any two from three with the new ball, each bowler taking a turn at bowling with the wind at his back. 1976Shooting Mag. Dec. 18/1 Gilstone Manor—I dare not use its real name—sits on the edge of a National Park (perm any one from nine) and is a hybrid i.e. a cross between Cold Comfort Farm and ‘Upstairs Downstairs’. 1976Sunday Mail (Glasgow) 26 Dec. 35/3 Pools Guide... Perm any 3 from 6 in first and second columns with any 2 from 3 in third column—20 × 20 × 3—1200 lines at 1/8p per line = {pstlg}1.50 staked. |