strawberry blond
Americanadjective
noun
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See blonde.
Etymology
Origin of strawberry blond
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
Example Sentences
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A pale, elegant strawberry blond, she’d modeled to pay tuition fees, and continued to cultivate a chic, glamorous air in private footage and public appearances.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2023
It was the tragic end to the life of a popular man with strawberry blond hair and a taste for wearing stars and stripes shirts on the Fourth of July.
From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2017
He was in his fifties, with a heavy red face, dishevelled hair, and a bushy mustache going from strawberry blond to white.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 24, 2016
To answer that question, art critic and redhead Jacky Colliss Harvey sets out to trace the history of this genetic mutation and to untangle the stereotypes associated with ginger, strawberry blond, auburn or chestnut locks.
From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2015
The hair was a glossy strawberry blond, nothing like the drab, dark brown of days gone by.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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