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carrot-top

American  
[kar-uht-top] / ˈkær ətˌtɒp /

noun

Slang.
  1. a person who has red hair.


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It was Bowie's wife, Angie, who convinced him to have the famous flaming carrot-top haircut.

From The Guardian Feb. 16, 2013

The snorting pug tugged its human toward the carrot-top lady, grunting with each step.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

"Who'd have thought Sam Lacey's carrot-top could be made over into that?" he mused.

From The Opened Shutters by Clara Louise Burnham

He knew, as Scotty did, that no normal person would wave a rifle at anyone for mere daytime accidental trespassing, but he had a hunch the young carrot-top would not react normally.

From Smugglers' Reef by John Blaine

She glanced up at my own carrot-top, and then averted her gaze.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 by Harry Bates

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