towhead
or tow-head
a person with very light blond hair: He’s the only towhead in the family but otherwise looks almost identical to his brother Mike.
a head of very light blond hair: C’mon, Blondie, get your towhead off the pillow and let’s get going!
a sandbar in a river, especially a sandbar along a stand of cottonwood trees.
Origin of towhead
1Other words from towhead
- tow·head·ed, tow-head·ed, adjective
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How to use towhead in a sentence
Lloyd looked back at the cottage where four towheads at the window watched the departing carriage.
The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation | Annie Fellows JohnstonThis time there was no admiring audience of little towheads tiptoeing around the table, as there had been at Mrs. Crisp's.
The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation | Annie Fellows Johnston
British Dictionary definitions for towhead
/ (ˈtəʊˌhɛd) /
a person with blond or yellowish hair
a head of such hair
Origin of towhead
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