grass-comber

noun

A country fellow; a rustic.

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Meanings

noungrass-comber (plural grass-combers)

plural grass-combers

  1. A country fellow; a rustic.

    Passenger.—What o'clock is it? Mr. Adams.—That's not proper language for a ship. It becomes only a quill-driver, a grass-comber, or a sugar-baker.

    1803, John Davis, Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America: During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802, page 439
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“grass-comber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grass-comber. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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