Word: combings
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Together they comb the East Village for Compton's daughter and end up wallowing in a smoky pad with a group of hippies. Joe looks at the welter of nude flesh in wonder. "This is an orgy, ain't it?" he asks (pronouncing "orgy" with a hard g). But the kids taunt them mercilessly, steal their wallets and take off for a commune. Joe and Bill track down the youngsters in a closing scene of such horror that Joe must surely rank in impact with Bonnie and Clyde...
...telling me ?" said Doug. He paused, "Nah-who am I kidding? I can't go into Boston, Boston ?" He laughed, then asked Ted to wait on dinner a second until he could comb his hair...
...designed somewhat like the Petit Larousse, and has plenty of illustrations in the margins. An arcane glossary of Indo-European word roots lends it a patina of intellectuality, and a listing of almost all the outhouse and bawdyhouse four-letter verbs gives it a salty flavor. To comb out the neologisms and solecisms, the editors consulted a usage panel of 104 unpaid judges, mainly journalists and other writers. Among them: Russell Baker, Vermont Royster, Red Smith and Dwight Macdonald. The wisdom of this move, apart from the publicity it brought the book, became apparent with the rave reviews that followed...
...room, Spider and his buddies and the chicks put on some of their music, but they were restless. Flex wanted to know why all of 'em didn't go up to the Square, Spider, he nodded approval and took out his comb to pretty up. But Rocco had to come in case there was a jam. Rocco was mean-looking. So they headed for the Square, and they told the chicks they could come along...
This much Merilee had always known. So be it. This much she was just beginning, through Sam's sweetness, to get over fearing. She found her lover's wallet and carkeys, ran Sam's comb through her long hair. Six twenty dollar bills...