Lady's comb

La´dy's comb´


1.(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The smuggled weapons allegedly included a fourinch blade hidden inside a lady's comb, a razor sharp toughened-metal stiletto concealed in a pen, and a steel cleaver which could be hidden in a wallet.
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The smuggled weapons allegedly included a 4-inch blade hidden inside a lady's comb, a razor-sharp toughened-metal stiletto concealed in a pen, and a steel cleaver which could be hidden in a wallet.
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Made from a glass-reinforced nylon called Zytel it looks like a lady's comb but conceals a four-inch blade attached to the handle.
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