Meaning of Towhead | Babel Free

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1. A blond person whose very pale, almost white hair resembles tow; the hair of such a person.
2. An alluvial deposit in a river, such as a sandbar, or a small island formed from silt, often permanent enough to have vegetation.

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“You've got a swell chance to make⟳ this [baseball] team, you have⟳, not! Third base⟳ is my job, Freshie. Why, you tow-head, you couldn't play⟳ marbles.”

“Then he noticed that the scar ran back into her hair, and Lower Appalachian towhead is the nearest thing in nature you will get⟳ to platinum blond, barring albinos.”

“2010, Joseph A. West, Richard Compton (byline), Death of a Hangman, New American Library (Signet), page 103, “Hell, I never did cotton to an uppity whore anyhow," the towhead said.”

“2012, Ann M. Paulson, Stepping Stones for the Heart, Hay House (Balboa Press⟳), page 88, The courtyard was lit with bright sunlight and Asenath and the two towheads were there amusing themselves.”

“Well, the second night a fog begun to come⟳ on, and we made for a towhead to tie to, for it wouldn't do to try⟳ to run⟳ in a fog; but when I paddled ahead in the canoe, with the line to make⟳ fast, there warn't anything but little saplings to tie to.”

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