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2 | 34% | 9 | Turns cocks into capons | |
3 | 34% | 8 | Obsolete term for the time when cocks are put into their coop for the night | |
Cocks Crest Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "COMB" which means:
- noun
- • A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- • The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
- • Any of several tools for straightening fibers
- • Ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
- • The act of drawing a comb through hair verb
- • Straighten with a comb
- • Search thoroughly
- • Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
An example sentence would be:
- • "She used a comb to style her hair."
- • "The barber handed him a comb to detangle his hair."
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6 | Obsolete term for the time when cocks are put into their coop for the night | |
7 | Turns cocks into capons |