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grey-haired

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adj.1.showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
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Adj.1.grey-haired - showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, gray
old - (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
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grey-haired gray-haired (US) [ˈgreɪˈhɛəd] ADJ → canoso
grey-haired [ˌgreɪˈhɛəd] adj → dai capelli grigi
grey-haired [ˌgreɪˈhɛəd] adj → dai capelli grigi
grey-haired → رمادي الشعر šedovlasý gråhåret grauhaarig γκριζομάλλης canoso harmaahiuksinen grisonnant sijed brizzolato 白髪のある 백발의 grijsharig gråhåret siwowłosy grisalho седой gråhårig ที่มีผมสีเทา beyaz saçlı tóc bạc 头发灰白的


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This latter personage took upon himself the office of tapster when the punch was ready, and after dispensing it all round, led the conversation to the antiquities of York, with which both he and the grey-haired gentleman appeared to be well acquainted.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
"I would never have intruded myself upon your notice," the grey-haired lady began at once, "if I had not been charged with a message for you.
Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph View in context
The utter irresolution and feebleness of the grey-haired child, contrasted with the keen and cunning looks of those in whose hands he was, smote upon the little listener's heart.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
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