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grass-comber

grass-comber noun: a country fellow; a rustic.

Noun

grass-comber (plural grass-combers)

  1. A country fellow; a rustic.
    • Passenger.—What o'clock is it?
      Mr. Adams.—That's not proper language for a ship. It becomes only a quill-driver, a grass-comber, or a sugar-baker.1803, John Davis, Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America: During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802, page 439

Forms of grass-comber

pluralgrass-combers

Questions about grass-comber

What does grass-comber mean?
Grass-comber means a country fellow; a rustic.
What part of speech is grass-comber?
Grass-comber is a noun.
What is the plural of grass-comber?
The plural of grass-comber is grass-combers.

Words near grass-comber in the dictionary

  1. grass widowhood
  2. grass widows
  3. grass-bird
  4. grass-cock
  5. grass-cocks
  6. grass-comber
  7. grass-combers
  8. grass-dart
  9. grass-darts
  10. grass-eater
  11. grass-eaters

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