combo

American  

[kom-boh] / ˈkɒm boʊ /

noun

plural

combos

1. Informal.

   1. a small jazz or dance band.

   2. combination.

2. Australian Slang. a white man living with Aboriginal people or having an Aboriginal wife, usually in a common-law marriage.

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combo British  

/ ˈkɒmbəʊ /

noun

1. a small group of musicians, esp of jazz musicians

2. informal any combination

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Etymology

Origin of combo

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

Example Sentences

And its recipe was a killer combo of the two things we love so much: cars, and sunlight.

From Los Angeles Times

The combo of more discounts with higher costs threatens to pressure the companies’ margins even more.

From The Wall Street Journal

The combo of more discounts with higher costs threatens to pressure margins even more.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last week, the star posted a martial arts video on Instagram in which he hit a sparring partner with a combo before saying to the camera, “I don’t age, I level up.”

From Los Angeles Times

Thanks to a four-piece combo involving immigration from regions that embrace dark meat, along with evolving culinary culture, economic forces and technological advances, chicken thighs are ubiquitous.

From The Wall Street Journal

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