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Jheri curl
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jheri curl
English
Alternative forms
en Jeri curl Jerry curl jerry curl jheri curl
Etymology
en American hairdresser Jheri Redding = 1907 1998, its inventor.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Jheri curl.wav US
en /ˈdʒɛɹi kɜɹl/
Noun
A hairstyle popular with the African-American community in the 1980s, giving a glossy, loosely curled look.
en 1989 w:Do the Right Thing w:Spike Lee Mister Senor Love Daddy Samuel L. Jackson Today's temperature's gonna rise up over 100 degrees, so there's a Jheri curl alert! That's right, Jheri curl alert. If you have a Jheri curl, stay in the house or you'll end up with a permanent black helmet on your head fuh-eva!
en 2014 Marlon James w:A Brief History of Seven Killings Oneworld Publications (2015) 517 Eye shadow but no lipstick, Jheri curl drying out.
en 2020 Romeo Conway Stop Faking for Stripes Trafford Publishing 9781698703862 https://books.google.com/books?id=xAELEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT30&dq=%22loced+out%22&hl=&cd=1&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22loced%20out%22&f=false His little Jheri curl shined under the car's light. He looked hood.
Further reading
en Hair