Hahaha Sandra! Our churchwarden has a very long comb-over, and it often flies out behind him leaving his very bald head for all to see. He's also the organist, and sometimes he looks quite mad sitting playing with feet and hands, his hair sticking up just like your 'cocky's comb'.
I love Cockney rhyming slang, and it took me a while to figure out 'syrup'. It's short for 'syrup of fig' ie 'wig'.