comb-brush

noun

comb-brush

noun

1

Obsolete A lady's maid.

the maid who at present attended on Sophia was recommended by Lady Bellaston, with whom she had lived for some time in the capacity of a comb-brush; she was a very sensible girl […]1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 636:

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