A throat-slitting.
Etymology:
- From the early 1900s, presumably a pun on permanent wave.
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“
(ghost brandishing a noose:) “Brother, you sure gonna get your face lifted.” (ghost brandishing a razor:) “And a permanent shave! Ha! Ha! Ha!”
Submitted on July 10, 2018
Additional definitions for 'permanent shave':
| permanent shave | Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see permanent, shave. |
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