tow-coloured
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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"Am I a Marat?" shouted the youth with the tow-coloured hair addressing the assembly indiscriminately.
From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 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
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)
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 florid man of thirty, with tow-coloured hair and blue eyes.
From The Spinners by Phillpotts, Eden
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