"grass-comber" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grass-combers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} grass-comber (plural grass-combers)
  1. A country fellow; a rustic.
    Sense id: en-grass-comber-en-noun-q3Lz8SRI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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