catacomb

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All currycombs found are handwrought, and many have pleasing designs on the backs, formed by the curved iron strips which extend from the handle prong to the back of the comb.

From New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by Cotter, John L.

The making of currycombs, though shrunk to somewhat insignificant proportions within the last quarter of a century, was once a very prominent industry in Willenhall. 

From The Annals of Willenhall by Hackwood, Frederick William

Agony to the nervous visitor alone; for the inhabitants of Amboise love their shrieking saws and currycombs, just as they love their shrieking parrots and cockatoos.

From Americans and Others by Repplier, Agnes

Wrought-iron horseshoes and currycombs used prior to 1650.

From New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by Cotter, John L.

Two or three stout men were habited as sea nymphs, to attend on the goddess: they carried a looking-glass, some currycombs, a birch-broom, and a pot of red paint, by way of rouge.

From Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer by Marryat, Frederick