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Recent Examples of towheadAn outdoorsy, blue-eyed towhead, Jim, was living in the house next door, right on the beach.—
Alison Rose,
Town & Country,
16 Dec. 2012 The towhead flashes his dad a cheeky smile, grabs a puppy by his neck roll, and runs off down a hill with his seven-year-old brother, Federico, to find some chickens.—
J.j. Martin,
Harper's BAZAAR,
21 Dec. 2007 The notion, like the uncouth, wispy-haired towhead himself, was an easy mark for Bennett, who took aim following Greeley’s sermon on the coverage of the New Jersey murder.—
James M. Lundberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Mar. 2020