welsh-comb
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Alternative letter-case form of Welsh-comb.
Example Sentences
- "He took off his silk hat and, blowing out impatiently his bushy moustache, welshcombed his hair with raking fingers."
- "Mr Fox shows his gratitude by using his rug as a prop, flopping it forward, Welsh-combing it back, letting it stand up on end as if from shock, while Mr Wells is content mostly to let his limply swathe his forehead."
- "During the applause the singer poured a glass of water from the decanter into the tumbler, drank a mouthful, and Welsh-combed his moustache and hair."
- "But her mind couldn’t help dwelling on the way the Russian’s long fingers had Welsh-combed his luxuriant hair."