Say, the way these leaders of society currycomb your back would paralyze you!
"The Salamander"
Owen Johnson
A currycomb and brush were fitted into his stumps, and he was engaged in grooming artillery-horses with considerable skill.
"Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863"
Arthur J. L. (Lieut.-Col.) Fremantle
The base of his forehead was square, but it rapidly receded with a convex conformation of head, very closely shaven as though with a currycomb, and his ears stood out almost at right angles to his skull.
"Leaves from a Field Note-Book"
J. H. Morgan