tow-coloured

British  

adjective

1. pale yellow; flaxen

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Example Sentences

He had stripped his furs off, and sat with his knees drawn up on one of the skins, a little, plump, round-faced man, with tow-coloured hair, and eyes that gleamed shrewdly behind his spectacles.

From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cuneo, Cyrus

"Don't you like songs?" asked Margaret, stroking the tow-coloured hair gently.

From Margaret Montfort by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)

Neither of them had looked at the turkey, and Minty's face was suffused with red even to the roots of her tow-coloured hair.

From Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know by Dickinson, Asa Don

The little girl was Basil over again, save that the tow-coloured hair was put back with a round comb, and the gray eyes widely opened, instead of half shut, when she looked at any one.

From Margaret Montfort by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)

"Thank you for the compliment, Elise, though a little belated; all right, then, I'll leave my tow-coloured tresses their natural shade, and decorate them with strings of pearls and light blue ostrich tips."

From Patty in Paris by Wells, Carolyn