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hot combs

hot combs is the plural of hot comb.

Meaning of hot comb

Noun

hot comb (plural hot combs)

  1. A comb that is heated (sometimes electrically) and used to straighten a person's hair.
    • He was struck by the number of barbers’ saloons and ‘beauticians’. They all advertised various forms of hair-straightener - ‘Apex Glossatina, for use with the hot comb’, ‘Silky Strate. Leaves no redness, no burn’ - or nostrums for bleaching the skin.1954, Ian Fleming, “Nigger Heaven”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 50
    Synonyms:
    pressing comb

Questions about hot combs

What is hot combs the plural of?
Hot combs is the plural of hot comb.

Words near hot combs in the dictionary

  1. hot closets
  2. hot cockles
  3. hot cocoa
  4. hot cocoas
  5. hot comb
  6. hot combs
  7. hot coppers
  8. hot corino
  9. hot corinos
  10. hot corner
  11. hot corners

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