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I understood "towhead" to mean a fair, light red headed youth or some say strawberry blondes also considered "towheads".
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A boy named Joe whose head is like a toe! honestly!
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Do you mean TOWHEAD?
"Toehead" is a frequent misspelling of the correct word: "towhead", which is "a person -- usually a young person -- who has very blond hair, almost flaxen or pale yellow. 'Tow' has for centuries been used as a name for flax or hemp prepared for spinning."
Ref: *The Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins* by William and Mary Morris.
-- Nanaea
"Toehead" is a frequent misspelling of the correct word: "towhead", which is "a person -- usually a young person -- who has very blond hair, almost flaxen or pale yellow. 'Tow' has for centuries been used as a name for flax or hemp prepared for spinning."
Ref: *The Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins* by William and Mary Morris.
-- Nanaea
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Thank-you for this info on "towhead" . I have always called young ,blond kids towheads but didn't know why.
Was this term also use in the book "Huck Finn" ?
Was this term also use in the book "Huck Finn" ?
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