plural towheads
1
: a head of hair that is light blond or tousled : a head of hair resembling tow (see tow entry 3 sense 1)
His towhead looks as though it has not seen a comb in some time.—Frank Rizzo
At age 16, [Broc] Glover, better known as the "Golden Boy" because of his towhead, stormed onto the National circuit …—Scott Hoffman
also
: a person having such a head of hair
I was white blonde until I was 6 and my three babies—all brunette now—were towheads until they were also that age. —Carolyn Ten Broeck
2
: a low alluvial island or shoal in a river : sandbar
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