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.”
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