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combo

[ kom-boh ]

noun

, plural com·bos.
  1. Informal.
    1. a small jazz or dance band. Compare big band.
  2. Australian Slang. a white man living with Aboriginal people or having an Aboriginal wife, usually in a common-law marriage.


combo

/ ˈkɒmbəʊ /

noun

  1. a small group of musicians, esp of jazz musicians
  2. informal.
    any combination


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Word History and Origins

Origin of combo1

First recorded in 1920–25; comb(ination) + -o

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Example Sentences

Shortly afterward, someone gave her some cash and “un combo de Kentucky Fried Chicken.”

On paper, it seems like a fun combo, but what went wrong there?

Amiigo is a wrist and shoelace hardware combo, paired a smartphone app that crunches movement data in the cloud.

The concert was chaotically virtuosic: an ideal rockist combo.

Cutilletta, on the other hand, thinks common sense might keep the Google Glass and gun combo from truly taking off on the market.

He was a ragged little man out of a hole but he was money in the bank to Stanley's four-piece combo.

Conclusion: If we wanted to keep eating, we'd have to persuade John Smith to join our combo.

In addition to the horse that died (Combo), two more of their best horses (Rocket and Creamy) were fast sinking.

When Tom said No, his caller volunteered for the job, offering to provide a small combo of country-style players.

Paikúhun (paikúhan) ang kanta sa kumbu, The songs of the combo are recorded with an echo.

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