towhead
[toh-hed]
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noun
a head of very light blond, almost white hair.
a person with such hair.
a sand bar in a river, especially a sand bar with a stand of cottonwood trees.
Origin of towhead
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Contemporary Examples of towhead
Turn the page, and there, in fresh ginghams, would be mom, baking pies with one hand while patting her towhead with the other.
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National LampoonRobert Sam Anson
March 1, 2014
Historical Examples of towhead
It warn't no towhead that you could float by in ten minutes.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, CompleteMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Pleased and surprised to have escaped, the towhead withdrew.
Local ColorIrvin S. Cobb
"Peterson didn't say nothin' about th' snag or th' towhead," he growled.
Bring Me His EarsClarence E. Mulford
As we dropped below the Towhead, the Boy, for once silent, wistfully gazed astern.
Afloat on the OhioReuben Gold Thwaites
Minnie nodded her towhead toward a weather-beaten house of two rooms across the street.
The Little Colonel's Christmas VacationAnnie Fellows Johnston
towhead
noun often derogatory
Word Origin for towhead
from tow ² (flax)
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