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Meanings of grey-haired in English

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Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.

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Usage of grey-haired in English
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The grey-haired seaman knocked his pipe on the doorstep and stood up.
The Nigger Of The "Narcissus": A Tale Of The Forecastle
2
It was just at this critical juncture that the grey-haired stranger arrived.
The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories
3
The fisherman was grey-haired, but looked strong enough to handle any currents.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
4
He turned and saw a grey-haired old man extended on the rocks.
The Junior Classics, Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales
5
The grey-haired woman looked up from her sewing, over her horn-rimmed glasses.
Greifenstein
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As I was about to leave, the grey-haired man approached me again.
In the Forbidden Land / An account of a journey in Tibet, captur...
7
Tarquinius loped alongside, lean and grey-haired but terrifying-looking with his raised axe.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
8
A grey-haired woman in her 60s cuddles an enormous orange stuffed rabbit.
The Irish Times
9
Again the child's face flushed, and then a grey-haired man stepped forward.
Probable Sons
10
A large, grey-haired woman in a dark blue dress loomed over me.
The Asylum
11
He turned to a grey-haired, stick-limbed old woman shorter even than he.
Return of the Crimson Guard
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The grey-haired black man resembled a screen actor of the twenty-first century.
Zero Point
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Next to him, his grey-haired mate in a black T-shirt joins in.
News.com.au
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The grey-haired congregation predominates, with the absence of young people a significant phenomenon.
The Irish Times
15
At last a grey-haired captain of artillery spoke his mind in broken sentences:
Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 01
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The grey-haired monk believed that, in his great knowledge of mankind.
Saracinesca
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