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marcel
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mar·cel  (mär-sl)
n.
A hairstyle characterized by deep regular waves made by a heated curling iron.
v. mar·celled, mar·cell·ing, mar·cels
v.tr.
To style (the hair) with deep regular waves, using a curling iron.
v.intr.
To make such a hairstyle.
[After Marcel Grateau (1852-1936), French hairdresser.]
marcel [mɑːˈsɛl]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) Also called marcel wave a hairstyle characterized by repeated regular waves, popular in the 1920s
vb -cels, -celling, -celled
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) (tr) to make such waves in (the hair) with special hot irons
[after Marcel Grateau (1852-1936), French hairdresser]
marceller  n
Marcel (French) [marsɛl]
n
(Biographies / Marcel, Gabriel (Honoré) (1889-1973) M, French, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher, THEATRE: dramatist) Gabriel (Honoré) (gabriɛl). 1889-1973, French Christian existentialist philosopher and dramatist, whose philosophical works include Being and Having (1949) and The Mystery of Being (1951)
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Noun1.marcel - a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling ironmarcel - a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron
coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle - the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
Verb1.marcel - make a marcel in a woman's hair
wave - set waves in; "she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair"
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Byline: By STEVE HENDRY From Hollywood starlet Cupid Stunt to punk Sid Snot, soul preacher Brother Lee Love and French hairdresser Marcel Wave, Kenny Everett's OTT characters are the stuff of legend.
television: Kenny's TV Stunt still gives Parky nightmares; KENNY ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Now there's a chance to see old favourites, zany voices and surreal names such as Cupid Stunt, Gizzard Puke, Sid Snot, Marcel Wave and Angry of Mayfair.
Show really wasn't in the best possible taste; Rewind Flash back The ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
This was the show that brought some of TV's most memorable characters to awful life, so the world met the appalling Sid Snot, leather-clad biker, the hideous hairdresser Marcel Wave and the Aussie boozer Bruce Droop (Bruce/brewers, geddit?
ALL IN THE BEST POSSIBLE TASTE by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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