Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rough; shaggy; unkempt; tousled; disheveled: as, a tousy head; a tousy dog.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Tousled; tangled; rough; shaggy.
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Examples
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He buried his tousy head in Pearl's apron, and Pearl saw at once that her whole house were about to be submerged in tears, idle tears.
Sowing Seeds in Danny Nellie L. McClung 1912
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He buried his tousy head in Pearl's apron, and Pearl saw at once that her whole house were about to be submerged in tears, idle tears.
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"How is it now?" he answered anxiously, for she was still rubbing the tousy golden curls which covered the back of her head.
A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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"How is it now?" he answered anxiously, for she was still rubbing the tousy golden curls which covered the back of her head.
A Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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"How is it now?" he answered anxiously, for she was still rubbing the tousy golden curls which covered the back of her head.
A Study in Scarlet 1887
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Blank stupor, hopeless vacuity, till he came to a sort of sprouting Dougal Cratur — almost as wee, and as glegg, and as tousy about the head, as my own Kintail terrier, whom I saw at that moment through the open door careering after
Spare Hours John Brown 1846
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(Not all contributions can be used) 1422: It's getting a little tousy out there.
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I had to boil everything on the parlour fire this morning; no wonder I'm a little tousy! "
The House with the Green Shutters George Douglas Brown 1885
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