Definition of "perc" []

• Perchloroethylene, a common solvent (noun)

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• "Perchloroethylene, also known as perc, is the solvent used by about 75 percent of the nation's 35,000 dry cleaners, but not for much longer."
• "Shaw had used the chemical solvent perchloroethylene, better known as perc, since he started his San Diego dry-cleaning business in 1978."
• "On the streets it's called perc-a-pop, and it's the newest drug to hit Philadelphia."