First recorded in 1965–70
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“Good hair” in our vernacular then meant it didn’t require a hot comb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
She was running a hot comb through the hair of Chris Vera, who helped explain why.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2017
In one stall a West Texas matron in toreador pants, see-through blouse and perhaps the last bouffant hairdo in Western civilization teased the tip of her Hereford's tail with a hot comb.
From Time Magazine Archive
I'd expected she’d say no outright because I’d smoke up her precious workplace with hair burning from the hot comb.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
When we’d come back to her house smelling like chlorine, I’d asked Cecile if I could use her hot comb to press our hair, seeing how knotty it got.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Not one article about how to hot-comb without wearing that smoky hot-comb smell to school.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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