flaxy
- a variation of flaxen.
Example Sentences
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She was walking slowly, because she saw, coming toward her, a portly lady, with hair so flaxy that no gray would show in it.
From Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way by Stoddard, William Osborn
However, three children on the back seat, dressed in the same style, with the addition of long flaxy ringlets, made very passable Cupids.
From Views a-foot by Taylor, Bayard
He was, perhaps, twenty-five, tall and bony, with a countenance sallow almost to greenness, sunken pale blue eyes, sun burnt hair, thin flaxy beard, and irregular, half decayed teeth.
From Hoosier Mosaics by Thompson, Maurice
It seemed to him it was all-white, flaxy sheets of linen, or sifted snow a-falling that he saw there through a rift in the mist.
From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Dunn, Joseph
