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permanent shave

noun

Etymology

From the early 1900s, presumably a pun on permanent wave.

Definitions

  1. 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!”
    • ‘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.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see permanent, shave.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA