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towhead

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tow·head  (thd)
n.
1. A head of white-blond hair resembling tow.
2. A person with such hair.
3. A sandbar or low-lying alluvial island in a river, especially one with a stand of trees.

towheaded adj.

towhead [ˈtəʊˌhɛd]
n Often disparaging
1. a person with blond or yellowish hair
2. a head of such hair
[from tow2 (flax)]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.towhead - a person with light blond hair
blond, blonde - a person with fair skin and hair


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When the first streak of day began to show we tied up to a towhead in a big bend on the Illinois side, and hacked off cottonwood branches with the hatchet, and covered up the raft with them so she looked like there had been a cave-in in the bank there.
 
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