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Definition of Towheaded
1. Adjective. Of hair color; whitish.
Definition of Towheaded
1. Adjective. Having pale blond hair, resembling tow. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Towheaded
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Towheaded
Literary usage of Towheaded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
""I got arrested in Montreal last year," said the towheaded Tenor with evident
satisfaction. "You probably saw something about that." "Well, no ... I didn't. ..."
2. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1903)
"... and would have been grateful to be allowed to remain unmolested and look my
fill; but a bald-summited superintendent who had been a towheaded ..."
3. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"A chubby, towheaded lad eased himself out of the cockpit and started back behind
the tail of the plane. I yelled, "Bong, come here. ..."
4. Modern Times and the Living Past by Henry William Elson (1921)
"In August, 1914, a towheaded English youth in the early twenties, undersized and
frail of body, a graduate of Oxford University, who had spent several years ..."
5. Senator Benjamin H. Hill of Georgia: His Life, Speeches and Writings by Benjamin Harvey Hill (1891)
"In the words of one of the brightest of his classmates: "He was a towheaded boy
that had grown up without filling into proportion. ..."
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