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Eugene wave
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English
Etymology
Proprietary name.
Noun
en now historical A brand of home perm.
en 1978 w:Penelope Fitzgerald The Bookshop 3 Fourth Estate 2014 Florence […] saw herself and her friend, their hair in Eugene waves, chained pencils round their necks, young assistants of twenty-five years ago at Müller's in Wigmore Street.
en 2002 w:Charlotte Bingham The Chestnut Tree 'Thanks to your natural curls you will never have to have a Marcel perm or a Eugene wave, think of that.’
en Hair