tow-coloured
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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"Don't you like songs?" asked Margaret, stroking the tow-coloured hair gently.
From Margaret Montfort by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)
“Your hair is darker, and it’s curly,” she remarked, remembering the tow-coloured locks cut square across the boyish, sunburned neck.
From The Wind Before the Dawn by Munger, Dell H.
Ernest's tow-coloured head went down on Laddie's neck again, and I, deciding that there was no use in saying anything more, proceeded towards the shore, which was about a mile from Uncle Richard's house.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
"Thank you for the compliment, Elise, though a little belated; all right, then, I'll leave my tow-coloured tresses their natural shade, and decorate them with strings of pearls and light blue ostrich tips."
From Patty in Paris by Wells, Carolyn
Their tousled, tow-coloured little heads peep round the doorway.
From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney
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