white-headed

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Then one day I saw a white-headed old chap looking at me through a shop-window -- a window I had designs upon -- and when I stared at him he stared at me -- and we wore the same rags.

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  1. adjective Having white hair, fur, or plumage on the head: white-headed elders; a white-headed bald eagle.
  2. adjective Irish Favorite; darling: our white-headed child.

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  • Then because the old man was kindly and wise and white-headed, —  Dreams and Dream Stories
  • Among early arrivals was Mr. Samuel Quarrier, Denzil's uncle, a white-headed but stalwart figure. —  Denzil Quarrier
  • The white-headed Long-knife has no son; the —  The Prairie
  • He was a lean, tall, white-headed old Indian, with a beak on him like an eagle. —  The Red One
  • That is the white-headed eagle -- the American eagle. ' —  A Red Wallflower
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