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

Stalwart and stolid, tow-haired, with the stamp of acquiescent patience in their homely faces, they came on with the swing, but none of the usual spirit, of drilled men.

From The Cattle-Baron's Daughter by Bindloss, Harold

That afternoon Mrs. Marsden went round to the bank; and next day the tow-haired girl had disappeared.

From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)

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