backcomb
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The hairstyle produced by backcombing.
Example Sentences
- "Her dark-blonde hair, worn long at Oxford, had been cut and backcombed, Diana-style, and quivered when she shook her head."
- "You and your fit friends anyway / I'd take them all out any day / They all got backcombs anyway"
- "There was a part of a bottle of liquor on the table—the furniture of the hall was disarranged—a pair of slippers, two small combs, and a backcomb were lying near an easy chair."
- "A backcomb comprising a pair of oppositely disposed members of sheet material each provided with teeth along one margin, a pivot pin securing the members at one end in overlapping relation."
- "Her father had produced a pink crêpe de Chine blouse and a backcomb massed with brilliants—both of which she refused to wear."