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combe

Speech parts

1. combe - Noun

2. Combe - Proper noun

Meaning

That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it.

See Comb.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Barker p. 44 At this time, Thomas Combe joined the Press and became the university's Printer until his death in 1872. Source: Internet

Former Dundee and Falkirk boss Hartley was pleased to get Mullen on the pitch, with it also being the first game for new goalkeeping coach Alan Combe. Source: Internet

Jeremy Maas, Holman Hunt and the Light of the World (Scolar Press, 1974) Combe showed little interest, however, in producing fine printed work at the Press. Source: Internet

Brittonic elements found in England include bre- and bal- for hills, while some such as combe or coomb(e) for a small deep valley and tor for a hill are examples of Brittonic words that were borrowed into English. Source: Internet

NOT to be completely outdone by his older brother, Campbell, North Adelaide’s Will Combe became the first North Adelaide player to win the Powerade Breakthrough Player Award. Source: Internet

George Combe would become the chief promoter of phrenology throughout the English-speaking world after he viewed a brain dissection by Spurzheim, convincing him of phrenology's merits. Source: Internet

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