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adj. - (of hair) Made tidy with an instrument consisting of a thin strip (as of plastic, metal, or bone) with a row of teeth on one or both edges or sides that is used for adjusting, cleaning, or confining the hair or for adornment

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  • With hair combed to the side
  • Verb (used with object) : She was slowly combing her fingers through her hair. ,She combed the snarls out of her hair. They combed the cowards from the...
  • "But it 's me that 's gettin 'combed," wailed Danny.
  • There was nothing "combed" or "fixed" about Miss Asenath's Woods; no white-washed trees or clipped grass.
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