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

"Yes, of course! you may be sure of that," said the hair-comb.

From Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

I was struck with her profusion of jewels, mostly topazes, but also many carbuncles and garnets; rings, bracelets, a necklace, a hair-comb and many big-headed hair pins.

From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas

I had both a bootjack and a hair-comb, which I never used!

From A Christmas Greeting by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

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