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comb-out
[f. phr. comb out: see comb v.1 6.]
An act of combing or clearing out; spec. an act of combing out the hair.
1919Cassell's New Eng. Dict. Suppl., Comb-out (slang), a thorough clearing out or clean sweep of men of military age in an office, works, etc. 1928News of the World 29 Jan. 1/1 Chief-insp. Berrett, of Scotland Yard,..supervised a comb-out of all the motor-bandits. 1944Ann. Reg. 1943 78 A comb-out of the Civil Service might yield rich results. 1964Saturday Rev. 8 Feb. 10/3 She considered not setting her hair. Maybe she'd run in for a comb-out after breakfast. 1966J. S. Cox Dict. Hairdressing 38/1 Comb-out. (1) The act of combing the hair after setting and drying. ‘The comb-out is not to be hurried.’ (2) The act of combing a head of hair as a preliminary to any further attention such as a shampoo or haircut. 1966Vogue 1 Oct. 184/2 For comb-outs after a party the charge is 7s. 6d. for short hair. |