1. ‘A brush to clean combs.’
1611. Cotgr., Nettissoir, a combe brush.
1687. Lond. Gaz., No. 2252/8. A large Comb-Brush wrought, with a Silver handle.
1799. G. Smith, Laborat., I. 98. With a comb-brush, take up some of that powder.
† 2. A lady’s maid, or under lady’s maid; a waiting-maid. Obs.
1702. Vanbrugh, False Friend, II. ii. Tawdry, you are not so alluring as you think you are:—Comb-brush, nor I so much in love.
1749. Fielding, Tom Jones, XVII. viii. Lady Bellaston, with whom she had lived … in the capacity of a Comb-brush: she was a very sensible girl.
