tow-haired
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Three tow-haired boys entertain themselves quietly as their mother takes notes.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2012
It was sniveling covered with pimples and tow-haired..
From Time Magazine Archive
One of them, a tow-haired boy of twenty, summed up the matter with irreverent brevity.
From The Shepherd of the North by Maher, Richard Aumerle
They knew him better, they thought, than they did Daniel McKinstry, who had grown up among them, just as mild and silent when he was a tow-haired boy as now, a man of forty-five.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various
The kick was from a difficult angle, but the tow-haired player made it, and the score was tied.
From The Turner Twins by Barbour, Ralph Henry
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