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
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Everywhere on the declivitous waysides, tow-haired, blue-eyed children guarded herds of goats, as their forbears had done in the days of Vercingetorix, the Gaul.
From The Mountebank by Locke, William John
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
“I’m looking for any one of them,” explained Betty, smiling at the tow-haired boy who stood grinning at her.
From Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune by Emerson, Alice B.