combmakern.
/ˈkəʊmˌmeɪkə/ One whose business is to make combs; a comb-cutter.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of combs
combmakerc1450
comb-cutter1874
c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 686/31 Hic pectinarius, a Comemaker.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 207/1 Combe maker, piengnier.
a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) I. iv. 30 He was a Combmaker by Profession.
1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. iv. 141 Any combmaker will furnish you forth as good as new.
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n.c1450- rope embroidery silk
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- rope grass
- rope grommet
- rope harness
- rope horse
- rope in
- rope into
- rope knout
- rope ladder
- rope law
- rope length
- rope machinery
- rope management
- rope mangrove
- rope manufacture
- rope mat
- rope monday
- rope moulding
- rope of sand
- rope paper
- rope pattern
- rope pump
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