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towheaded

British  
/ ˌtəʊˈhɛdɪd /

adjective

  1. (of a person) having blond or yellowish hair

"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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Tymophiy, towheaded like his brother, has a sloping visage that foretells a blunt-faced manhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022

Hogan is pale and towheaded, with soft features and trusting blue eyes.

From The Verge • Nov. 23, 2020

At age 68, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is a veritable towheaded youngster; do Steny Hoyer and Jim Clyburn steal his lunch money, give him noogies and address him as Squirt?

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2018

She lives in an 1840-era home she and her husband bought on impulse, where they’re raising their toddler, a towheaded boy who has recently learned how to say “spatula.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2018

A gangling, towheaded youngster, a girl of about twelve, stood looking in the doorway.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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