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  • They would have been longer had it not been for little Elga, or "Flaxen," as they took to calling her.

    A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen Hamlin Garland 1900

  • “And ‘The Girl with Flaxen Hair,’ after, please,” begged Hancock, the indicted pagan.

    CHAPTER XI 2010

  • Anyway, Jemma was seen immediately as we had called ahead (Jem's Midwife failed to answer her pager, but then talking to the call centre staff who knows what message she received) "Semolina Pressups walled, Flaxen Bricks currying wee, flees Paul" or something equally unintelligible.

    tequilamonky Diary Entry tequilamonky 2009

  • Flaxen-headed lads in clean smocks, belted low, in heavy boots, leaning over an unharnessed waggon, fling each other smart volleys of banter, with broad grins showing their white teeth.

    Dream tales and prose poems 2006

  • Flaxen-haired and light-eyed, he wears a scalloped Peter Pan collar and overalls which show off his legs.

    King Conked by Yunqu�� 2004

  • Flaxen-haired and light-eyed, he wears a scalloped Peter Pan collar and overalls which show off his legs.

    King Conked by Yunqu�� 2004

  • Flaxen-haired Swedish children as far north as the

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • Flaxen-haired children gazed up at parents in combat dress packing sidearms who had come to receive the freedom of the city, an unprecedented honour.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

  • Flaxen hair tumbled to her shoulders in thick, unruly curls.

    The Elf Queen of Shannara Brooks, Terry 1992

  • Flaxen blond hair turned into ringlets on their heads, pink lips turned rosy from the sun, and their cheeks stayed flushed with color, while their wide, innocent, blue eyes devoured all faces, swallowed down all first impressions.

    Seeds of Yesterday V.C. Andrews 1984

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