Meanings
plural hot combs
- A comb that is heated (sometimes electrically) and used to straighten a person's hair.
He was struck by the number of barbers’ saloons and ‘beauticians’. They all advertised various forms of hair-straightener - ‘Apex Glossatina, for use with the hot comb’, ‘Silky Strate. Leaves no redness, no burn’ - or nostrums for bleaching the skin.
1954, Ian Fleming, “Nigger Heaven”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 50Synonyms: pressing comb
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA comb that is heated (sometimes electrically) and used to straighten a person's hair.
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