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Jeri curl

Jeri curl is the alternative spelling of Jheri curl.

Meaning of Jheri curl

Noun

Jheri curl (plural Jheri curls)

  1. A hairstyle popular with the African-American community in the 1980s, giving a glossy, loosely curled look.
    • 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!1989, Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, spoken by Mister Senor Love Daddy (Samuel L. Jackson)

Forms of Jeri curl

pluralJeri curls

Questions about Jeri curl

What is Jeri curl the alternative spelling of?
Jeri curl is the alternative spelling of Jheri curl.

Words near Jeri curl in the dictionary

  1. Jergarbal
  2. Jerger
  3. Jergers
  4. jergon sacha
  5. Jeri
  6. Jeri curl
  7. Jeri curls
  8. jerib
  9. jeribs
  10. jerican
  11. jericans

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