shockheaded

American

[shok-hed-id] / ˈʃɒkˌhɛd ɪd /

adjective

having a shock or thick mass of hair on the head.

shockheaded British

/ ˈʃɒkˌhɛdɪd /

adjective

having a head of bushy or tousled hair

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Etymology

Origin of shockheaded

First recorded in 1810–20; shock ³ + head + -ed ³

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Well known to many a fly-fishing U. S. banker and moose-shooting U. S. broker, is shockheaded, barrel-chested David Courtois, Canadian guide.

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A lively turnout of 4,000 flowed into Milwaukee's Schroeder Hotel one afternoon to look the shockheaded Easterner over and to shake his hand.

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Twenty years ago the title of "world's most famous musician" belonged to a shockheaded Pole named Ignace Jan Paderewski.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hon. John Robert Clynes, shockheaded, beady-eyed, a leading Laborite of the moderate wing, thought the only element of surprise in the decision was that it had come so late.

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Then he pulled himself together by a great effort, and fixing his eyes on a shockheaded urchin half way down the church, read the service to him.

From Robert Elsmere by Mrs. Humphry Ward

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