tow-coloured
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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)
Miss Torkington brought her tow-coloured hair and pince-nez, and a manner that seemed to shout virtue and chastity.
From Adventures of Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
They were hugely built men, with massive torso and legs bare, and tow-coloured hair brought straight up to the crown of the head and knotted there with a black band.
From "Unto Caesar" by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
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
Neither of them had looked at the turkey, and Minty's face was suffused with red even to the roots of her tow-coloured hair.
From Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know by Dickinson, Asa Don
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