jheri curl

See also: Jheri curl

English

Noun

jheri curl (plural jheri curls)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Jheri curl.
    • 1989 June, Derek T. Dingle, quoting Ed Gardner, “Soft Sheen’s Triangle of Trade”, in Earl G. Graves, editor, Black Enterprise, volume 19, number 11, New York, N.Y.: Earl G. Graves Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 230, column 2:
      We improved the process and enabled salon owners to do more than one jheri curl a day.
    • 2003 August, E. Lynn Harris, chapter 9, in What Becomes of the Brokenhearted: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, pages 126–127:
      In the South jheri curls were just appearing on the hair horizon. One Friday when I jumped into my barber’s chair to get a trim, she suggested I try a jheri curl. I was game, despite the fact that most of the women I knew hated jheri curls on men and called men who wore them “bamas,” a term short for Alabamas, which meant real country.
    • 2004, Peter Plate, chapter 2, in Fogtown: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Seven Stories Press, →ISBN, page 16:
      Richard’s jheri curls were a black corona around his face.
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