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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