Synonyms for perm


Grammar : Noun
Spell : purm
Phonetic Transcription : pÉœrm


Définition of perm

Origin :
  • 1927, shortened form of permanent wave (1909). The verb is first recorded 1928.
  • As in body wave : noun hair curling treatment
Example sentences :
  • I was compelled to return to Perm and inform Rasputin of the result of my investigations.
  • Extract from : « The Minister of Evil » by William Le Queux
  • In Perm Foma purchased for her different new things and what-not.
  • Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky
  • Up this the vessel steamed for three days and then reached Perm.
  • Extract from : « Condemned as a Nihilist » by George Alfred Henty
  • The upper series is named the Permian, from the province of Perm in Russia.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Geology » by William Harmon Norton
  • The Bashkirs of Orenburg deeply indent the southern part of Perm.
  • Extract from : « The Ethnology of Europe » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • From Perm we were driven by "Tatrs," who are capital coachmen.
  • Extract from : « The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, » by Alexander Michie
  • I have been two and a half years sailing to Perm, so it seems to me.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Anton Chekhov » by Anton Chekhov
  • When she was a little better he made a tour by the Volga and the Kama as far as Perm.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Anton Chekhov » by Anton Chekhov
  • After that he was exiled to the Perm Government, from where he escaped.
  • Extract from : « Resurrection » by Leo Tolstoy
  • The value of the rouble in Perm at that time was about one penny.
  • Extract from : « With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia » by John Ward

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