grey-headed
Americanadjective
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The grey-headed lapwing, which normally spends winters in India before moving to breeding grounds in China and Japan, was first spotted in Low Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, on Monday.
From BBC ● May 2, 2023
For more than a month, at Nelson's invitation, trim, grey-headed Dr. Luther Gulick, Federal trouble shooter, had been peering into WPB's innards.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a tall, thin man, grey-headed and deeply wrinkled, but strong and hale for his years.
From Rachel Gray by Julia Kavanagh
"Oh! my God! what times!" cried the king's groom of the chambers, as he entered the apartments, while the queen's grey-headed servant covered his face with his hands.
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. I (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar Meding
Now for the mushrooms—old, perchance, or new— But whom my former strain did not review: I'll name an old one, Patton, Tom, of Perth, Short, stout, grey-headed, but of sterling worth!
From Poems on Golf by Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society
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