Meanings of permanent wave in English

She still clung to the bobbed henna wig with its permanent wave.

Would you like to see how we make eet-thepermanent wave?

So many young men come to me for the permanent wave!

The permanent wave swept it like a tidal one.

A subtitle announced: "He had put a permanent wave in Marcel."

I believe I'll get a permanent wave.

The two waiters nearly dropped their order-pads and their napkins; they did drop their jaws, and Mrs. T-S's permanent wave seemed about to go flat.

There wasn't a trace of lipstick on a towel or a pillow, nothing left of the permanent wave outfit, or even the bottle of bleach.

The New Yorker, November 25, 1939 P. 11 Comment on what makes women read documents of weight and importance while enduring a permanent wave.

"She got a permanent wave right after she put Max in Maitland, Your Honor." She pauses.