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Welsh-comb

verb

Etymology

Denominal verb of Welsh comb.

  1. derived from comb

Definitions

  1. To comb (one's hair) with one's hand.

    • During the applause the singer poured a glass of water from the decanter into the tumbler, drank a mouthful, and Welsh-combed his moustache and hair.
    • But her mind couldn’t help dwelling on the way the Russian’s long fingers had Welsh-combed his luxuriant hair.

  2. Alternative form of Welsh-comb.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for Welsh-comb. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA