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tow-coloured

British  

adjective

  1. pale yellow; flaxen

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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