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Definition of Currycombing
1. currycomb [v] - See also: currycomb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Currycombing
Literary usage of Currycombing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Farmer's Magazine (1869)
"As to the mode of brushing or currycombing stock a few words which we have given
elsewhere may be permitted. In all " departments of work there are two ..."
2. Three Hundred Æesop's Fables by Aesop, George Fyler Townsend, Harrison Weir, J. Greenaway (1867)
"A GROOM used to spend whole days in currycombing and rubbing down his Horse, but
at the same time stole his oats, and sold them for his own profit. "Alas! ..."
3. Journal by Australian Ex Libris Society (1885)
"... so a? to loosen and remove all the scurf skin and impurities (very similar to
the process of currycombing a horse), and cannot always have been a ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1883)
"As if the fine girl had just been trotted out of the stable, after a careful
currycombing, or rubbing down. Even ladies-—but fortunately not ..."
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