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
“You must have Cherokee blood,” she said of the straightness, when all I had was Big Ma’s hot comb and Mrs.’s curling expertise.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Then Vonetta burned her ears with the hot comb, and who had to rub Vaseline on burned ears and finish pulling the hot comb through Vonetta’s thick, thick head?
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" 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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