toehead
Hello, Does anyone know where the origin of toehead is from?
Thank you.
vote up1vote down

Replies

I understood "towhead" to mean a fair, light red headed youth or some say strawberry blondes also considered "towheads".
vote up1vote down
A boy named Joe whose head is like a toe! honestly!
vote up1vote down
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
vote up1vote down
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" ?
vote up1vote down