towy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of towy
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Wavy types of hair vary most in colour: almost the deepest hue of black being found side by side with the most flaxen and towy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
He had a square face, strong features, and a huge crop of towy hair.
From Tales from Two Hemispheres by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth
This is the hair of Europeans, and is mainly fair, though black, brown, red or towy varieties are found.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
He has towy hair and mild, light-blue eyes.
From Hempfield A Novel by Grayson, David
Halvor Reitan, the chief of the East-Siders, was a big, burly peasant lad, with a pimpled face, fierce blue eyes, and a shock of towy hair.
From Boyhood in Norway by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
