comb-over

British  

noun

1. a hairstyle in which long strands of hair from the side of the head are swept over the scalp to cover a bald patch

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Example Sentences

"Best man? Best comb-over," one woman wrote.

From BBC

Although the methods used to make Mr. Hawke look a foot shorter than he is are a bit odd, his performance is spot-on, from his comb-over to his attitude: chatty, catty, arrogant yet anxious.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The difference is Muppet has inner beauty. He's not just a pink dog with a comb-over."

From BBC

He was in his early forties and had a bald spot, which he tried to cover with a comb-over.

From Literature

His physical eccentricities have been thoroughly brutalized by an infinite tide of low-hanging-fruit monologue jokes, but still, the fact remains that this is a man who wakes up every day and chooses—with dogged intention—to mold his hair into that unknowable, irreplicable, brand-exclusive comb-over and to bathe himself in noxious spray tan.

From Slate