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  • noun Plural form of comb-over.

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Examples

  • At this rate, I fear that eyelash comb-overs are not far behind!

    Paul Venoit: Lashes -- Going to Extremes Paul Venoit 2011

  • At this rate, I fear that eyelash comb-overs are not far behind!

    Paul Venoit: Lashes -- Going to Extremes Paul Venoit 2011

  • Despite being unfriendly to comb-overs, the convertible has long had the reputation of being the toupee of the car industry.

    Get a Practical...Convertible? Kevin Sintumuang 2011

  • No …. just the same fat, balding, white guys who do resemble unicorns when their comb-overs stand at attention in the sweet virginia breeze.

    Waldo Jaquith - Republicans: We’ll fix transportation. By tomorrow. 2008

  • "I just don't read the same stories about hair plugs or bad comb-overs," Conway said, a not-so-subtle reference to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.

    Palin II: Quayle or Reagan? 2008

  • Hair like that probably crowns many an honest head and crew-cuts, Ronald Reaganesque pompadours, razor cuts, perms, comb-overs, bald scalps, andplugs, weaves, and rugs turn up in mug shots all the time.

    Dishonest hair 2008

  • Hair like that probably crowns many an honest head and crew-cuts, Ronald Reaganesque pompadours, razor cuts, perms, comb-overs, bald scalps, andplugs, weaves, and rugs turn up in mug shots all the time.

    Lance Mannion: 2008

  • Now I have to find homes for a litter of exceptionally low I.Q. puppies with stumpy legs and terrible comb-overs.

    Election Central Morning Roundup 2009

  • As one final item, out of a fear of leaving you with such a humorless, ponderous Roundup, the Midterm Roundup gives you … Capital Domes: Creepy comb-overs.

    Midterm Roundup 2009

  • Why do GOP women all look like Stepford Wives and the men all have either bad toupee 'or bad comb-overs?

    GOP Rep. To Environmentalists: Jesus Already Saved The Planet 2009

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