carrot-top
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
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 Blaine, John
"Who'd have thought Sam Lacey's carrot-top could be made over into that?" he mused.
From The Opened Shutters by Burnham, Clara Louise
Pete was an interne at General Hospital, and the kind of a homely grinning carrot-top a girl like Lorry could put into dreams as the center of a satisfactory future.
From I'll Kill You Tomorrow by Huber, Helen
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