Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

towhead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tow-head
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

An alluvial deposit in a river, such as a sandbar, or a small island formed from silt, often permanent enough to have vegetation.

Example Sentences

"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."
"2012, Ann M. Paulson, Stepping Stones for the Heart, Hay House (Balboa Press), page 88, The courtyard was lit with bright sunlight and Asenath and the two towheads were there amusing themselves."
"Well, the second night a fog begun to come on, and we made for a towhead to tie to, for it wouldn't do to try to run in a fog; but when I paddled ahead in the canoe, with the line to make fast, there warn't anything but little saplings to tie to."

Etymology

From tow + -head.

Inflected Forms

towheads (plural)

Derived Forms

towheaded

Questions

What does towhead mean?: A blond person whose very pale, almost white hair resembles tow; the hair of such a person.
Where does towhead come from?: From tow + -head.

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