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Meanings of grey-headed in English

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

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Usage of grey-headed in English
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I and my chimney, two grey-headed old smokers, reside in the country.
I and My Chimney
2
Hoodie the grey-headed Crow with the bright sharp eyes hopped after him.
The Boy Who Knew What the Birds Said
3
The Judge turned impatiently and addressed a grey-headed man on his left.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest A grey-headed albatross chick in Seven Worlds, One Planet.
The Guardian
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An agitated grey-headed man appeared from the room of the Ward Leaders.
The sleeper awakes
6
Then came up the big, grey-headed fellow I have before mentioned-JacobBaines.
John Halifax, Gentleman
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He was a massively built, grey-headed man of something more than sixty.
The Unclassed
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An old, grey-headed servant appeared, looking exceedingly solemn, and asked my business.
Roger Trewinion
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He was an elderly, well-made man, grey-headed, and over six feet high.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi...
10
The footman touched his hat, the grey-headed coachman saluted, and they got in.
A Modern Chronicle — Volume 07
11
The door opens, and the grey-headed Father appears with the newspapers.
Yr Ynys Unyg / The Lonely Island
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The two grey-headed men looked at each other for a moment in silence.
In Kedar's Tents
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Of the seasonal choristers the grey-headed flycatchers are most often heard.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India
14
Everybody was still save the old grey-headed clerk who fussed about with papers.
South Wind
15
Perhaps I have lived long enough-longerthan many a grey-headed man.
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
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How can it be a marrying age, with grey-headed parents everywhere?
Better Dead
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