hair-comb
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It is a small aluminum instrument, about five inches long, into the mouth of which one hums the tune, with a result rather like the sound of humming through a paper-covered hair-comb.
From Time Magazine Archive
I had both a bootjack and a hair-comb, which I never used!
From A Christmas Greeting by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
"The woman who left this hair-comb behind knows something about the affair evidently," exclaimed the inspector.
From The Sign of Silence by Le Queux, William
Mrs. Tanner bustled in with the coffee-pot, and Mr. Tanner came last, having just finished his rather elaborate hair-comb at the kitchen glass with the kitchen comb, in full view of the assembled multitude.
From A Voice in the Wilderness by Hill, Grace Livingston
At the end of the play a gold hair-comb was handed to me, on which were engraved the names of a great number of persons present.
From My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Bernhardt, Sarah
