What does comb-brush mean?

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comb-brush

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

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noun

Obsolete

"the maid who at present attended on Sophia was recommended by Lady Bellaston, with whom she had lived for some time in the capacity of a comb-brush; she was a very sensible girl […]"

comb-brushes (plural)

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