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[Facts] What does the prhase "Toehead" mean
People have called my daughter a "toehead" what does it mean?
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currious, where the origin or being called a toehead comes from. When I was a kid, one called me a toehead due to my white like hair.
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What is the background"language" from which the word "toehead" comes from in it's origional context meaning????
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I just found and answer to all of our questions. Towhead actually means this: a small child who is very blond, almost flaxen or pale yellow. "tow" has been for centuries used to describe flax or hemp prepared for spinning. They say that hair looks like rumpled flax before spinning.
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I have two little "toeheads" and if anyone finds out where it originated from, would you please e-mail me and let me know? Thanks
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Yeah why TOW HEAD?
Because Tow ropes are blond?
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Uh, that's "towhead", Daymond. And it's not a dis, in case your were worrying. :) It means that some folks with an old-fashioned vocabulary are admiring your daughter's very blond hair.-- Nanaea
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I was just asked where the term "toehead" comes from. I knew that it ment very blond hair, but I don't know the origin of the term, can anyone help me?
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The descriptive term for the opposite condition here in Hookworm Heaven is "blackheaded". After 25 years of hearing that, my initial reaction is still to suggest a good dermatologist.
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