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perm

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Noun

  1. Clipping of permanent wave (“hairstyle”).
  2. A permutation.
  3. A combination of outcomes (not a permutation) that a gambler bets on in the football pools.
  4. Permission

Verb

  1. To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc.

Proper noun

  1. A historical region of northeastern Russia, corresponding to the Kama basin, a left tributary of the Volga.
  2. A krai of Russia, near the Ural Mountains.
  3. A city, the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia.

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