Meaning of comb test | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A test for whether a substance should be considered a male sex hormone.
2. A method of determining racial identity, based on how easily a comb passes through a person's hair.
   historical

Examples

“In addition to the comb test, physiologists applied assays based on changes in fat deposits, body length and weight, and hair growth, in rats and guinea-pigs.”

“"How'd your in-laws feel about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass the paper bag test and the comb test, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-wool bapistst from out in the sticks."”

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