towhead

towhead
tow-headed, adj.
/toh"hed'/, n.
1. a head of very light blond, almost white hair.
2. a person with such hair.
3. a sand bar in a river, esp. a sand bar with a stand of cottonwood trees.
[1820-30, Amer.; TOW2 + HEAD]

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