comb back

noun

1. a Windsor chair back in which the vertical spindles are surmounted by a broad, carved crest rail resembling a comb.

Word History and Origins

Origin of comb back¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

The trial is expected to take at least a year, given the complexity of the charges and need to comb back through transactions in detail,.

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Sitting up I yawned and tried to comb back my matted hair with my fingers.

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I turned around, and she put the comb back in my hair.

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Ausubel alternates chapters about the kids’ adventures and the parents’ quixotic journeys with those that comb back through Fern and Edgar’s childhoods, courtship, and marriage.

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"With Jean on one side and me on the other, we went in and we cut every other hair. And then we would comb back down another layer and cut every other hair, so when you see the thinning hair on him it's not a bald cap or a wig, it's really his hair."

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