curry-comb

This last article was delivered by the ostler, a very old lame man, who neither put his hand to wisp nor curry-comb, but sat weighing forth hay by the pound, and counting out corn, as it seemed, by the grain, so anxiously did he bend over his task, by the aid of a blinking light enclosed within

Anne of Geierstein 2008

And he swam northward again, day after day, till at last he met the King of the Herrings, with a curry-comb growing out of his nose, and a sprat in his mouth for a cigar, and asked him the way to Shiny Wall; so he bolted his sprat head foremost, and said:

The Water Babies 2007

Every man to his craft, says the proverb — the parson to the prayer-book, and the groom to his curry-comb.

Kenilworth 2004

These works I cut up thoroughly with a curry-comb, and then, throwing the shreds into a sieve, sifted out carefully all that might be thought decent (a mere trifle); reserving the hard phrases, which I threw into a large tin pepper-castor with longitudinal holes, so that an entire sentence could get through without material injury.

Expressions of the Age Fenton, James 2001

Regan pretended to be very busy with his curry-comb.

The Secret Of The Mansion Campbell, Julie, 1908- 1984

Regan pretended to be very busy with his curry-comb.

The Secret of the Mansion Campbell, Julie, 1908- 1984

"Any brute can be brave, Ma'am, but a curry-comb always improves it."

Sharpe's Sword Cornwell, Bernard 1983

They thought Sharpe was a mere brute who needed a curry-comb, yet he was a brute who kicked, clawed and scratched to preserve their privileged, lavish world.

Sharpe's Sword Cornwell, Bernard 1983

They thought Sharpe was a mere brute who needed a curry-comb, yet he was a brute who kicked, clawed and scratched to preserve their privileged, lavish world.

Sharpe's Sword Cornwell, Bernard 1983

The boy watches in fascination as she brushes the invisible body of NUGGET, scraping the dirt and hair off on to the invisible curry-comb.

EQUUS Peter Shaffer 1974