tow-coloured
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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"Well, all right," answered Anson, going over in his turn and looking down at the white face and tow-coloured hair of the little stranger.
From A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen by Garland, Hamlin
Neither of them had looked at the turkey, and Minty's face was suffused with red even to the roots of her tow-coloured hair.
From Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know by Dickinson, Asa Don
"Don't you like songs?" asked Margaret, stroking the tow-coloured hair gently.
From Margaret Montfort by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)
Tall and gawky as he was in person, with tow-coloured hair, and a scanty suit of shabbiest homespun, his appearance excited astonishment or ridicule wherever he went.
From Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists by Dickinson, Asa Don
The night air ruffled a shock of tow-coloured hair.
From Greenmantle by Buchan, John
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