tow-coloured
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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He had stripped his furs off, and sat with his knees drawn up on one of the skins, a little, plump, round-faced man, with tow-coloured hair, and eyes that gleamed shrewdly behind his spectacles.
From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cuneo, Cyrus
The women with tow-coloured rat-tails expected to grow luxuriant black tresses and others with coarse scrubby black hair dreamed of having fine soft golden braids.
From The Curly-Haired Hen by Vimar, Auguste
He was a thick-set, round-shouldered man, a typical fair German with tow-coloured hair, greased and brushed down smoothly, a large, ragged, sandy beard and coarse, sketchy features.
From The Mystery of 31 New Inn by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)
The little girl was Basil over again, save that the tow-coloured hair was put back with a round comb, and the gray eyes widely opened, instead of half shut, when she looked at any one.
From Margaret Montfort by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)
No; if you want a Tempest pure and simple, look at the man with tow-coloured hair in the further doorway, making running with the little soda-water heiress.
From Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary
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