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combings
[ koh-mingz ]
combings
/ ˈkəʊmɪŋz /
plural noun
- the loose hair, wool, etc, removed by combing, esp that of animals
- the unwanted loose short fibres removed in combing cotton, etc
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Example Sentences
Blodwen Gruffydd saw the return first, if, indeed, that vague speck lost in the grey combings were they.
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At that instant, an erect and unmoved form stood on the combings of the main hatch.
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There were unseasonable washings, dressings, combings and curlings—admonitions to be "a little gentleman."
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When she combed her hair, she gathered the combings together.
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Such revelry generally winds up with a grand crash somewhere in the vicinity of the iron combings to the hatchways.
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