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combings

[ koh-mingz ]

plural noun

  1. hairs removed with a comb or a brush.


combings

/ ˈəʊɪŋ /

plural noun

  1. the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals
  2. the unwanted loose short fibres removed in combing cotton, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of combings1

First recorded in 1565–75; comb + -ing 1 + -s 3
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"Many of these plaits came on to the hair market but traders worried their source of long hair combings from men's plaits supply would run out if men no longer had long hair."

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She pulled out a pink fingerless glove made from a Samoyed’s combings and Merino wool.

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Directly his head was below the combings of the hatch, I started to my feet and continued getting aft.

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Take the combings or waste hair, which is of no other use, and place it between the cards or stiff brushes, the same as for weaving.

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Scarcely any of the “raw material” is obtained in the United Kingdom except in the form of ladies’ “combings.”

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