English Explanatory Dictionary

permanent shave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A throat-slitting.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see permanent, shave.

Pronunciation

En-au-permanent shave.ogg

Word forms

permanent shave permanent shaves

Etymology

From the early 1900s, presumably a pun on permanent wave.

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