comb-outn.
An act of combing or clearing out; spec. an act of combing out the hair.
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1919 Cassell'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.
1928 News of the World 29 Jan. 1/1 Chief-insp. Berrett, of Scotland Yard,..supervised a comb-out of all the motor-bandits.
1944 Ann. Reg. 1943 78 A comb-out of the Civil Service might yield rich results.
1964 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 8 Feb. 10/3 She considered not setting her hair. Maybe she'd run in for a comb-out after breakfast.
1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 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.
1966 Vogue 1 Oct. 184/2 For comb-outs after a party the charge is 7s. 6d. for short hair.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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