CURRYCOMB • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Currycomb

... Richmond and the far South, and on the morning following was aroused at one of the way-stations by hearing negroes singing in a neighboring car. They were happy at the prospect of breakfast, but a curious preliminary was that each came out upon the platform, and, taking a currycomb which was hung up for the purpose, curried himself, much as an ostler administers that treatment to a horse—every negro grasping in his turn the large wooden handle and pulling the iron teeth ...

— Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White Volume II • Andrew Dickson White