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/ˈhɔːsˌkəʊm/ · noun
A comb used by horse groomers for combing the mane and tail of horses..
A Horſe-comb. Strigilis.
In the reign of Henry V, the service seems to have been changed to the annual delivery of a “horse comb, value four-pence.”
After six weeks in Belgium he arrived in England with only two possessions: an aluminium horse comb and a handkerchief.
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Horse-comb means A comb used by horse groomers for combing the mane and tail of horses..
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A Horſe-comb. Strigilis.
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