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1  I'd never combed it to the side like that.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 5
2  Steve was carefully combing back his hair in complicated swirls.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 7
3  I pulled a comb from my back pocket and combed my hair carefully.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 4
4  I pulled a comb from my back pocket and combed my hair carefully.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 4
5  I suddenly thought of my long hair, combed back, and the slouching stride I used from habit.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 4
6  Steve Randle was seventeen, tall and lean, with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 1
7  I managed to get hold of some hair grease and comb my hair back so that it looked a little better before they got any pictures.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 7
8  He's got dark-gold hair that he combs back--- long and silky and straight--- and in the summer the sun bleaches it to a shining wheat gold.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 1
9  I gave him Dally's jacket to wrap up in, and he sat shivering in the sunlight on the back steps, leaning against the door, combing his hair back.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 5
10  He had big black eyes in a dark tanned face; his hair was jet-black and heavily greased and combed to the side, but it was so long that it fell in shaggy bangs across his forehead.
The Outsiders By S. E. Hinton
Context   In Chapter 1