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scrapeover

 noun
     
scrape‧o‧ver [countable] American English informal
a way of arranging a man's hair, in which a long piece of hair from one side is combed over the top of the head to hide the fact that the man is going bald (=losing his hair) -- used humorously [= combover British English]
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