currycomb
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- noun
- /ˈkɜːriˌkoʊm/
- But cold blood means he'll think, and keep thinking step by step till it's done." Kelsey set the sponge aside and picked up the body brush and currycomb.
Examples
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After riding all day, he took out his currycomb to groom the horses in the stable.
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Another, who had inherited enormous estates, took his greatest pride in the invention of a superior currycomb.
Fiction book (1990) -
Why do you wear your hair like some wild mustang that needs a currycomb and a brush?
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Hael patted his beast's shoulder and tossed his currycomb into a box of grooming instruments by the door.
Fiction book (1990) -
Hoof pick, currycomb, body brush, dandy brush, mane and tail comb, grooming cloth.
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The groom used a currycomb to remove dirt from the horse's coat before the show.
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She found a currycomb among the grooming tools and began brushing her pony.
Synonyms
A comb with sharp teeth that removes mats and tangles from an animal's coat
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Etymology
Currycomb comes from curry meaning 'to groom' and comb, a toothed tool like a hair comb, and it is not related to the spicy food 'curry'. So a currycomb is a small comb used to lift dirt and loose hair from a horse's coat.