tow-coloured
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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
She indicated the Slabberts, heavily observant of the couple with the muddy eyes under the tow-coloured thatch.
From The Dop Doctor by Dehan, Richard
Hilary Vance, very broad, very thick, very round, with a fine, rebellious mop of tow-coloured hair, which had fallen forward so as nearly to hide his big, simple eyes, opened the door to him.
From Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl by Jepson, Edgar
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
Tall and gawky as he was in person, with tow-coloured hair, and a scanty suit of shabbiest homespun, his appearance excited astonishment or ridicule wherever he went.
From Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists by Dickinson, Asa Don
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