Sentence:  There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a <WSD>comb</WSD> through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;nb.... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.