permanent shave
permanent shave noun: a throat-slitting.
Noun
permanent shave (plural permanent shaves)
- A throat-slitting.
- (ghost brandishing a noose:) “Brother, you sure gonna get your face lifted.” (ghost brandishing a razor:) “And a permanent shave! Ha! Ha! Ha!”1930, Fleischer Studios, Swing You Sinners
- ‘Last chance,’ she said. ‘Or.’ ‘Or else,’ she said, pantomiming a knife being drawn across her throat. ‘You’re going to shave me?’ ‘A permanent shave,’ she said.1999, Louis Rogers, Ladder to the Sky
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see permanent, shave.
permanent shave meaning in Bengali
permanent shave in Bengali
- গলা কাটা
Forms of permanent shave
| plural | permanent shaves |
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Origin of permanent shave
From the early 1900s, presumably a pun on permanent wave.
Questions about permanent shave
- What does permanent shave mean?
- Permanent shave means a throat-slitting.
- What is permanent shave in Bengali?
- Permanent shave in Bengali is গলা কাটা. See Permanent shave meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is permanent shave?
- Permanent shave is a noun.
- What is the plural of permanent shave?
- The plural of permanent shave is permanent shaves.
Words near permanent shave in the dictionary
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