"Wycherley comb" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Apparently associated with William Wycherley, English dramatist (1641–1716).",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1828, J. T. Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 68:",
          "text": "‘You might just as well,’ continued she, ‘praise the carvings upon a Wycherley comb, so carefully preserved by the collectors of old china and such gimcracks.’",
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        },
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          "ref": "1829, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], “The Beau in His Den, and a Philosopher Discovered”, in Devereux. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, book II, page 194:",
          "text": "On a huge tomb-like table, in the middle of the room, lay two pencilled profiles of Mr. Fielding, a pawnbroker's ticket, a pair of ruffles, a very little muff, an immense broadsword, a Wycherly comb, a jackboot, and an old plumed hat;— […]",
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          "ref": "2013, John Steane, James Ayres, Traditional Buildings in the Oxford Region, page 415:",
          "text": "A comb made of South American tortoiseshell was found. These were used from the 17th century, hence the ‘Wycherley comb’, named after the dramatist William Wycherley (1641–1715).",
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      "glosses": [
        "A tortoiseshell comb."
      ],
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        "(now historical) A tortoiseshell comb."
      ],
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  "etymology_text": "Apparently associated with William Wycherley, English dramatist (1641–1716).",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1828, J. T. Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 68:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1829, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], “The Beau in His Den, and a Philosopher Discovered”, in Devereux. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, book II, page 194:",
          "text": "On a huge tomb-like table, in the middle of the room, lay two pencilled profiles of Mr. Fielding, a pawnbroker's ticket, a pair of ruffles, a very little muff, an immense broadsword, a Wycherly comb, a jackboot, and an old plumed hat;— […]",
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        "A tortoiseshell comb."
      ],
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        "(now historical) A tortoiseshell comb."
      ],
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