towhead

noun

Etymology

From tow + -head.

  1. derived from *dewk-
  2. inherited from *tugōną
  3. inherited from *togōn
  4. inherited from togian
  5. inherited from towen
  6. suffixed as towhead — “tow + head

Definitions

  1. A blond person whose very pale, almost white hair resembles tow

    A blond person whose very pale, almost white hair resembles tow; the hair of such a person.

    • 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.
  2. An alluvial deposit in a river, such as a sandbar, or a small island formed from silt,…

    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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Derived

towheaded

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA