Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A negro: so called from the woolly hair of his head.
- noun A small white alto-cumulus or cirro-cumulus cloud, of a round shape and compact texture: distinct from the clouds of the mackerel sky, which are thinner and of a paler tint, shading off to white on one side, but fading into the delicate blue of the sky on the other.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Low A negro.
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Examples
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He got the woolly-head by the middle, and away he went, the poor devil, head, shoulders, and arms out of the water all the time, screeching in a heart-rending way.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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He got the woolly-head by the middle, and away he went, the poor devil, head, shoulders, and arms out of the water all the time, screeching in a heart-rending way.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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We droned along until the woolly-head marchers were again in sight.
Decider Francis, Dick 1993
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Little woolly-head clapped his hands and screamed.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Various
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When I'm on de one side de jump-high is on de oder; and if I go back widout one he'll cuss me for a d---- d stumbling woolly-head.
Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac William H. Armstrong
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He got the woolly-head by the middle, and away he went, the poor devil, head, shoulders, and arms out of the water all the time, screeching in a heart-rending way.
South Sea Tales Jack London 1896
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Freckle could see the old man now, with a tear poised on his tangled eyelashes, asking a farewell benediction from the front portico, upon himself departing, while every woolly-head was uncovered, and the whole assembled "property" had groaned "Amen" together.
Bohemian Days Three American Tales George Alfred Townsend 1877
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"Did you, Sam?" said Mr. Washington, putting the same question to another little woolly-head.
The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief Morrison Heady 1872
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