Meaning of towzy | Babel Free

Definitions

Shaggy and unkempt.

Scotland

Examples

“The waiter rolled his bloodshot eyes and scratched his towzy head.”

“There sat Auld Nick in shape o' beast, A towzy tyke, black, grim, an' large, To gie them music with his charge.”

“His pow is towzy, and his eyes ne'er lack Deep sympathy; voluminous his crack, and connoisseur of quaintest bric-a-brac.”

“Come, my auld, towzy, trusty friend; What gars ye look sae douth an' wae?”

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