tow-haired
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Three tow-haired boys entertain themselves quietly as their mother takes notes.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2012
It was sniveling covered with pimples and tow-haired..
From Time Magazine Archive
Before him stood one of these same little fellows, lean, tow-haired, and blue-eyed, clean of face, neat in dress; with a peculiar modulation in his voice that caught Douglas squarely in the heart.
From Michael O'Halloran by Stratton-Porter, Gene
In the road across the creek was a chubby, tow-haired boy with a long switch in his right hand, and a pine dagger and a string in his left.
From The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by Fox, John
Why should I care what a tow-haired person called Jonas, whom I never saw before thinks of me?
From Anne of the Island by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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