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- adjective Alternative form of
grey-haired .
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Examples
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The guardian of the portal beamed and pointed at a greyhaired man in a wheelchair being propelled forward by an even greyer, and fatter, man.
The Year 2000 in Birmingham « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2007
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I'd love to see The loveable greyhaired Friendly Giant and his Giraffe friend Jerome!
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Beyond her was the doorkeeper, who had spoken to Nekhludoff outside; he was shouting with all his might to a greyhaired convict on the other side.
Resurrection 2003
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He was middle-aged, greyhaired, with none of Dudley-Smith's elegance but all of his authority.
between silk and cyanide Marks, Leo 1998
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She came over to England, spent time at the hospital, and worried, and lost weight and went greyhaired.
Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995
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She came over to England, spent time at the hospital, and worried, and lost weight and went greyhaired.
Ancestral Passions Virginia Morell 1995
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'And before the war he was on the music hall stage,' mused Miss Henderson, trying to reconcile the distinguished greyhaired Colonel Clapperton with a red-nosed comedian singing, firth-provoking songs.
Hercule Poirot's Casebook Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1984
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The greyhaired old man came up to me, and struck thirteen times on my forehead, till my brains gushed out at my eyes.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. Various
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Beside him stood a greyhaired old figure, of a remarkably intelligent countenance, though stooped slightly with age.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Various
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For he deemed that never the day would come when Sarah, his greyhaired wife, would bear a son.
Codex Junius 11 Unknown
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