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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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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Mitochondrial Curiosities of Marcels 1 to 19 written by Jocelyn Brown Coach House Press, 2009 978-1-55245-209-7 (pb) $13.
By the dawn of the 60s, however, hairdressing was still essentially perms and waves, Marcels and bouffants, and layers and layers of lacquer - anything, in fact, to disguise the poverty of the cut.
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