ˈside-comb orig. U.S.
[side n.1 23 b.]
A comb used to secure a woman's hair, esp. at the side of the head.
| 1824 Missouri (Columbia) Intelligencer 8 May 3/3 (Advt.), Tortoise shell, tuck and side combs. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 346/1 A few earrings and ear⁓drops, and sometimes a few side-combs. 1897 Globe 18 Feb. 6/3 Diamond side-combs in her hair. c 1909 D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) ii. 28 She finishes stroking her hair up with her side-combs. 1966 Olney Amsden & Sons Ltd. Price List 35 Side comb..boxed 3 dozen singles 10/- per box. |