tow-coloured

"He's quite inoffensive, just a silly ass" is how readers are introduced to Campion, he of the "tow-coloured hair" and "foolish, pale-blue eyes behind tortoiseshell-rimmed spectacles" in "The Crime of Black Dudley" 1929, a serviceable account of murders at a house party.

A Queen of Mystery Sarah Weinman 2011

The night air ruffled a shock of tow-coloured hair.

Greenmantle 2005

Coming out of the library it was painful, but pleasant, to run slap into Mrs. Manresa and an unknown young man with tow-coloured hair and a twisted face.

Between the Acts 2004

Meriet carried him on his back, until the arms that clasped him round the neck fell slack with sleepiness, and he shifted his burden to one arm, so that the boy's tow-coloured head could nod securely on his shoulder.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

Meriet carried him on his back, until the arms that clasped him round the neck fell slack with sleepiness, and he shifted his burden to one arm, so that the boy's tow-coloured head could nod securely on his shoulder.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

"The other I've seen, though I don't know his name, a big, sturdy young fellow twice your width, with tow-coloured hair …"

St. Peter's Fair Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981

"The other I've seen, though I don't know his name, a big, sturdy young fellow twice your width, with tow-coloured hair ..."

St. Peter's Fair Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981

He had a shock of tow-coloured hair, cheeks like apples and eyes as blue as periwinkles.

Death of a Fool Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1956

The women with tow-coloured rat-tails expected to grow luxuriant black tresses and others with coarse scrubby black hair dreamed of having fine soft golden braids.

The Curly-Haired Hen Auguste Vimar

"Your hair is darker, and it's curly," she remarked, remembering the tow-coloured locks cut square across the boyish, sunburned neck.

The Wind Before the Dawn Dell H. Munger