Bev curls

/ (bɛv) /

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Australian slang long locks of hair, considered to be typical of a certain kind of unfashionable male

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Word Origin for Bev curls

C20: see Bevan

Words nearby Bev curls

Beuthen, Beuys, BEV, Bevan, bevatron, Bev curls, bevel, bevel-faced hammer, bevel gear, bevel joint, bevel siding

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Example sentences from the Web for Bev curls

Perl and Dalia themselves are wearing beautiful sheitels of long streaming curls.
The Sisterhood of Bulletproof Stockings: It’s Ladies’ Night for Hasidic Rockers|Emily Shire|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She looks uncannily like Mark, with a crop of soft dark curls.
Parents Sue for 'Wrongful Birth'|Elizabeth Picciuto|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her pin-up curls may have been envy-worthy, but it was the bleach blond, almost snow white, hue of her hair that become iconic.
Tangled Up in Blue: Young Stars and Their Blue Rinses|Erin Cunningham|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A 30-yard free kick resulted and the rangy Brazilian, his hair a beehive of curls, cannoned the ball into the Colombian net.
Brazil and Colombia Bring the Ugly Game|Tunku Varadarajan|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

His hazel eyes actually glimmer and his brown hair, barely beginning to salt and pepper, curls up around a Seattle Seahawks cap.
He Bullies Kids and Calls It News|Brandy Zadrozny|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was tall and of familiar figure, and the firelight was playing in the tossed curls of his short, fair hair.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Every night when he goes to bed, the monkey curls himself up by his side and lies there till morning.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
And that was he also in kilts, at the age of five, wearing long curls and holding a whip in his hand.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
“I am sure they are going to use my idea,” Belle Ringold said, with a toss of her bobbed curls.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
She smiled and shook her bobbed curls and altogether acted in a rather ridiculous way.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose

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