At the top of this Apron there is a spiked Cylinder which further combs the cotton and throws back into the Hopper any unopened pieces.
"Illustrated Catalogue of Cotton Machinery"
Howard & Bullough American Machine Company, Ltd.
And she came across some coral combs that Madame Jacobus had given her, and felt their vivid colouring in the shining masses of her dark hair, to be one of the right ways of saying to herself, and all she loved, "See how happy I am!"
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr
When they blew upon these combs and hummed a tune it sounded almost like music; so they formed a procession, with the doll musicians at the head of it, and marched all over the village, singing loudly: Tum, tum-tum!
"Dot and Tot of Merryland"
L. Frank Baum