towy
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of towy
Example Sentences
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He has towy hair and mild, light-blue eyes.
From Hempfield A Novel by Grayson, David
A little bamboo reed is taken and a hole made in it through which is passed a towy substance found upon palm-trees and known by the name of lulup among the Malays.
From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by Sanpietro, I. Stone
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
Hair, generally the same as South Mongol, but in Mongolo-Caucasic transitional groups brown, chestnut, and even towy or light flaxen, also wavy and ringletty; beard mostly absent except amongst the Western Turks and some Koreans.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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
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