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Definition of Perming
1. perm [v] - See also: perm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perming
Literary usage of Perming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications (1848)
"arise, he professeth my banishment proceeded not with his perming counsel or
consent. I answer, I doubt not but that what ren, ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1849)
"In 1717 William and Margaret perming- ton left England and settled in America,
and took with them a removal certificate from the Friends' Church at ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1850)
"The reader is respectfully requested to remain calm while perming the following
merely preliminary announcement of an intended EXTRA NUMBER, which has been ..."
4. The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces by John Marshall (1832)
"... be appointed by the governor for that purpose, shall be allowed or perming to
procure supplies for the army." The effect of fi^s measure was soon felt. ..."
5. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... what a queer set of reflections the philosophers of the twentieth century may
make regarding the characters of our two countries in perming the ..."