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  • At that time, he seemed like a typical student—thin, shock-haired, soft-voiced, and unworldly.

    SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011

  • He was tall, lean, shock-haired and deeply tanned: humorous of mien and colloquial of speech, he was the last person one would expect to find wandering through the groves of Academe.

    Santorini MacLean, Alistair 1986

  • Sebell and Menolly were halfway there when a tanned, bare-legged, shock-haired figure ran straight into them.

    Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

  • Sebell and Menolly were halfway there when a tanned, bare-legged, shock-haired figure ran straight into them.

    Dragon Drums McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1979

  • This time the shock-haired young man pulled himself together.

    The Heart Of A Dog Bulgakov, Mikhail, 1891-1940 1968

  • At the next turn, I saw a sight made me nearly jump from the saddle: a beast with four legs and two arms, for all the world like a rough-coated pony with a shock-haired boy growing up from its shoulders.

    The Bull From The Sea Renault, Mary 1962

  • "Hallo, kids," said the man, a shock-haired fellow in a loose black painting overall.

    The Mystery of Banshee Towers Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1961

  • His skinning task took four times as long and was far from being the neat job the shock-haired man of the record tape had accomplished.

    The Time Traders Andre Norton 1958

  • A number of women in long dresses and wimples, shock-haired children, and aproned artisans gaped at him as he passed the gate.

    Three Hearts and Three Lions Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1953

  • The next instant there stepped out of the opening a tall, shock-haired young man, naked, except for some tatters of an undershirt and a piece of old canvas wound about his hips after the fashion of a South Sea _pareu_.

    Where the Sun Swings North Barrett Willoughby

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