comb-over
noun
: an arrangement of hair on a balding man in which hair from the side of the head is combed over the bald spot
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Bree, floating in a druggy haze, is surrounded by sweaty men with comb-overs.
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Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2024
Visualize hair sticking straight up being a sharp knife, whereas a comb-over would be a dull one.
—Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2023
To the public, Zhang had been a colorless apparatchik, distinguished in official pictures only by his military uniform, moonish features, and jet-black comb-over.
—Richard McGregor, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2019
Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2024
Visualize hair sticking straight up being a sharp knife, whereas a comb-over would be a dull one.
—Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2023
To the public, Zhang had been a colorless apparatchik, distinguished in official pictures only by his military uniform, moonish features, and jet-black comb-over.
—Richard McGregor, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2019
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“Comb-over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comb-over. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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