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back comb

noun

Definition of back comb

 (Entry 1 of 2)

: an ornamental comb with a wide top and a few long teeth worn high at the back of the head

back-comb

transitive verb

Definition of back-comb (Entry 2 of 2)

: ruff entry 3 sense 3 broadly : to comb (hair) in a direction opposite to the one in which it lies naturally

First Known Use of back comb

Noun

1835, in the meaning defined above

Transitive verb

1955, in the meaning defined above

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