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Wycherley combs

Wycherley combs is the plural of Wycherley comb.

Meaning of Wycherley comb

Noun

Wycherley comb (plural Wycherley combs)

  1. (historical) A tortoiseshell comb.
    • ‘You might just as well,’ continued she, ‘praise the carvings upon a Wycherley comb, so carefully preserved by the collectors of old china and such gimcracks.’1828, J. T. Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 68

Questions about Wycherley combs

What is Wycherley combs the plural of?
Wycherley combs is the plural of Wycherley comb.

Words near Wycherley combs in the dictionary

  1. Wyche
  2. Wycheproof
  3. wycheproofite
  4. Wycherley
  5. Wycherley comb
  6. Wycherley combs
  7. wychert
  8. wyches
  9. Wychitella
  10. Wychitella North
  11. Wychnor

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