comber

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After shipping this comber of sentiment the story rights itself and moves ahead with almost its old blend of sinister excitement, rather brilliant writing, and psychological veracity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two were swept back by the next comber, but the rest were lost.

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Car dealers complained that the spring buying wave had been a ripple instead of the hoped-for comber.

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One comber smashed a port in the Hoovers' quarters in the fantail stern, flooding their dining room.

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I clambered fore and aft my hulk until a comber split her, keel from ribs, and the big timber floated free; the mast, too, broke away.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer