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comb-over, n. colloq. (freq. depreciative).
Brit. |ˈkəʊmˌəʊvə|, U.S. |ˈkoʊmˌoʊvər|
[‹ comb v.1 + over prep.]
A man's hairstyle in which strands of longer hair from one side of the head are combed across a central bald patch in an effort to disguise it.
1980D. Young Ice Bk. in G. Bowering Fiction Contemp. Canada 163 The shorter man took off his hat and rearranged the oily slabs of his comb-over. 1990Observer 25 Nov. 53/5 Comb-overs (a few salvaged strands coaxed into covering some of the baldness) were not in evidence at the BHMA. 1999Esquire Sept. 147/4 Toupees and comb-overs betray a level of moral dishonesty equivalent to the practice of buttock augmentation. |