Combover

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A manner of combing hair from one side to the other in an attempt to conceal a medial bald patch.

    "With his funny comb-over and shy manner he was a strange man but she knew that he was a good man, and it is goodness that counts."

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"Tom has a combover to his bald patch."

Etymology

From comb + over.

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