flaxen
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A soft-faced teenage boy with flaxen hair playing the upright piano while a small orbit of youth-group girls gathered nearby.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
He has the mighty flaxen hair of the Norse God of Thunder.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 30, 2018
Nassella tenuissima, or Mexican feather grass, grows low, finely tufted green ponytails that flower into fluffy flaxen strands of 2 feet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2018
She was by all accounts a prepossessing woman, with flaxen, pompadoured hair and blue eyes.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2017
He combs his flaxen strands meticulously from the lower left side of his head to his right temple, then swirls them round and round on his bald crown, securing them with a greasy pomade.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Vocabulary lists containing flaxen
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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