Meanings
plural pintail combs
- A comb with a long, pointed handle for curling or styling the hair.
The Old Bailey heard that the pintail comb had been taken out of Julie's red weave hair before being used as a lethal weapon in the attack in Battersea, south London, in May last year.
2012 August 28, “Girl gets 10 years for comb murder”, in Belfast Telegraph
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pintail comb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pintail%20comb
“pintail comb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pintail%20comb. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pintail comb,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pintail%20comb.
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