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hairbrush

[hair-bruhsh] / ˈhɛərˌbrʌʃ /


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The family prayed as McCormick’s great-grandson built a small plywood coffin that was filled with gifts and necessities for the next world, such as her granddaughter’s artwork and a hairbrush.

From Seattle Times Mar. 29, 2024

DNA from Bryan's late mother's hairbrush was later found to be a familial match to traces on the victim's vest and clump of hair.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2023

She wanted to retrieve her medicine, and if memory serves all these years later, also a hairbrush and a photograph from her apartment.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2023

He always “dressed to impress” and carried a hairbrush with him and envisioned one day being his own boss, Elizabeth Dockery said.

From Washington Post Apr. 7, 2022

As she had guessed, a thick hairbrush with a wooden handle lay on the shelf beside the sink.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

"Back in the day, we'd have war zones over hairbrushes," says Raye.

From BBC Sep. 29, 2025

As whales were hunted for their oil, people fashioned baleen into products such as hairbrushes and corsets.

From Scientific American Dec. 8, 2021

Inside was a gray-checked suit, two hairbrushes, various paperwork and an identity photo showing his pensive face.

From Washington Post Jul. 25, 2021

Jackson Simmonds from the Julien Farel Restore Salon & Spa was also there, with a curling iron, hair dryer and boar bristle hairbrushes in his Longchamp tote.

From New York Times Aug. 2, 2015

Instead, we're holding hairbrushes and dancing around your room.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin




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