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grass-combers

grass-combers is the plural of grass-comber.

Meaning of grass-comber

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

Questions about grass-combers

What is grass-combers the plural of?
Grass-combers is the plural of grass-comber.

Words near grass-combers in the dictionary

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

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