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present participle and gerund of comb examples
plural combings
The act by which something is combed. examples
(in the plural) Individual hairs that drop out when the hair is combed. quotations examples
Weiner had prepared a rape test kit, taking swabs and smears orally, rectally, vaginally, anorectally, and paravaginally. He'd also collected blood, head and pubic hair combings, and left and right fingernail clippings.
2011, Peter Manso, Reasonable Doubt
Alternative spelling of coaming quotations examples
I stole quietly to the combings of the hatchway, which was open, and we looked down into the 'tween decks.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 194