white-haired boy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It is a heavy cross for even so magnificent a crusader as Indiana's white-haired boy to bear.
From Time Magazine Archive
Geoffrey William Lloyd, 38, Stanley Baldwin's onetime white-haired boy, was a Secretary for Mines who knew nothing about mines.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prognosticators searching among the unknown contributors for tomorrow's literary white-haired boy will find New Directions' radar scope pretty murky.
From Time Magazine Archive
"And I never saw a girl like you," returned the white-haired boy, and his quick grin made him look suddenly friendly.
From The Corner House Girls at School by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
“I guess I know what that white-haired boy tried to tell us,” gasped Amy, from the stern.
From The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht by Margaret Penrose
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