Welshcomb (verb)
wel-sh-coam
To comb (the hair) using the thumb and fingers; to make (a person) ready in this way.
1920s; earliest use found in James Joyce (1882–1941), writer.
Example sentences
“Our house was disorganised growing up, no comb but my mother would just Welshcomb my hair every morning before school.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)