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tow⋅head

  [toh-hed]
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–noun
1. a head of very light blond, almost white hair.
2. a person with such hair.
3. a sand bar in a river, esp. a sand bar with a stand of cottonwood trees.
Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; tow 2 + head

Related forms:
tow-headed, adjective
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tow·head   (tō'hěd')   
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.

tow'head'ed adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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