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plural marcels
A hairstyle characterized by deep waves made by a curling iron. examples
A marcel wave. examples
third-person singular simple present marcels, present participle marcelling, simple past and past participle marcelled
(transitive) To wave (hair) by the marcel method. quotations examples
Like women sitting for two hours under the marcelling irons only to wonder two days later how soon they would need another appointment.
1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Chatto & Windus (1993), page 131
(transitive, figuratively) To wave. examples