shockheaded
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of shockheaded
Example Sentences
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the dinner Henry Wallace, the shockheaded editor of Wallace's Farmer and Iowa Homestead, raised his fingers, ticked off one by one the things he would say if he were making a farm speech.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well known to many a fly-fishing U. S. banker and moose-shooting U. S. broker, is shockheaded, barrel-chested David Courtois, Canadian guide.
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
One was gaunt and haggard, his face disfigured by a great red scar, the other was a shockheaded individual who moved with a shambling gait.
From The Prodigal Judge by Kester, Vaughan
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