tow-haired

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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

One of them, a tow-haired boy of twenty, summed up the matter with irreverent brevity.

From The Shepherd of the North by Maher, Richard Aumerle

A newspaper had always been an object of interest and delight to the little delicate, tow-haired boy, and at the mature age of six he had made up his mind to be a printer.

From Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life by Marden, Orison Swett

The other was of that mild, blue-eyed, tow-haired type from the Baltic provinces, with the thin, white skin which does not tan but burns.

From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Palmer, Frederick