combings
Americanplural noun
plural noun
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the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals
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the unwanted loose short fibres removed in combing cotton, etc
Etymology
Origin of combings
Example Sentences
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One of the latest combings is Lili Hatvany, authoress of The Love Duel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hair combings to be burned, to prevent a bird from finding them and building them into a nest.
From Time Magazine Archive
We had now fallen so much on the side that we stood with our feet on the combings of the hatchways, with our backs against the deck.
From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford
Such revelry generally winds up with a grand crash somewhere in the vicinity of the iron combings to the hatchways.
From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by Smith, J. J.
Blodwen Gruffydd saw the return first, if, indeed, that vague speck lost in the grey combings were they.
From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver
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