Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- As white as lint or flax; flaxen.
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Examples
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Far ahead, the strong sun, piercing the marsh, drew up a vapor, that, blue as any distant haze in one part and lint-white in another, made itself aslant into low, delicious, broken prisms, melting all between.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Various
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She had doffed the huge bonnet; and in her lint-white locks, drawn back from her forehead so straight and tight that it seemed as if that were what made her eyes open so round, she wore a tall horn comb.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Various
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I'll comfort thee, my dearie O. Lassie wi 'the lint-white locks,
English Songs and Ballads Various
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When the lint-white and mavis the yellow leaves cover,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Her hair it was lint-white; her skin it was milk-white;
The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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And say thou'lt be my dearie O? Lassie wi 'the lint-white locks ...
English Songs and Ballads Various
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At sultry noon, my dearie O. Lassie wi 'the lint-white locks ...
English Songs and Ballads Various
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And talk o 'love, my dearie O. Lassie wi' the lint-white locks ...
English Songs and Ballads Various
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The person I liked best was the old gentleman with the lint-white locks who said 'Yamen' so persistently in the wrong place all through; I grew quite interested at last, and knew the exact spot where it was likely to come in.
Molly Bawn Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
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Her hair it is lint-white; her skin it is milk-white;
The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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