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Toeheaded refers to children who are very blonde. Actually the word is spelled "towheaded." Here is the origin of the word according to the Online Etymology Dictionary: " tow (n.) "coarse, broken fibers of flax, hemp, etc.," 1377, probably from O.E. tow- "spinning" (in towlic "fit for spinning"), perhaps cognate with Gothic taujan "to do, make," M.Du. touwen "to knit, weave." Tow-head, in ref. to tousled blond hair, is recorded from 1830. The origin is that flax or hemp are kind of yellow colored.

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