What is toe headed?
First, is it toe-headed or tow-headed?
Second, what does it mean?
This morning I was listening to an audiobook and that word was mentioned. I came home and looked it up, or I should say I attempted to look it up and could not find the definition.
So, what is it? Why use it? And am I the only person who has no clue as to the definition?
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I'm going to take a stab at it and say it's tow-headed and it means blond.
Now I have go and look it up. I'll let you know if I'm wrong. :)
From the Merriam-Webster website:
a head of hair resembling tow especially in being flaxen or tousled ; also : a person having such a head of hair
Flaxen is straw colored, so I guess I was right. Thank goodness. :) Didn't know about the tousled part, though.
Thank you very much. I have no sense when it comes to internet searches.
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tow-headed is having very pale, almost white, blonde hair. It is usually used to describe a child; i.e. 'he was a real tow-head'
Ah! So that's what I was when I was very young.
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