Fair-haired

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having fair hair.

    "Thou fair-haired angel of the evening, / Now, while the sun rests on the mountains, light / Thy bright torch of love!"

  2. 2
    Given special treatment as a favorite.

    "Not noticeably belonging to any one group is often upsetting, and these feelings of isolation, of not fitting in, easily carry over into adolescence—a time when everyone, even the fairest-haired among us, must struggle awfully hard just to seem seminormal."

Adjective
  1. 1
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Example

More examples

"The little fair-haired lad took a big pin out of his pocket, and stuck it into the back of the Irishman's coat without his noticing it, whereupon he fell sound asleep."

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