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Meanings of white hair in English

Absence or loss of pigmentation in the hair.

Usage of white hair in English
1
The fantastic cascade of false white hair wagged gravely in the dusk.
In the Sweet Dry and Dry
2
A single white hair means genius; it must not be pulled out.
Current Superstitions / Collected from the Oral Tradition of Eng...
3
The white hair gives her the one thing that she lacks: distinction.
They and I
4
His white hair and beard were patriarchal; his pose had great dignity.
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
5
Answer: Yes; one is tall, with a long beard and white hair.
Ismailia
6
His long white hair was unkempt; he wore no collar or coat.
The Desired Woman
7
She knew I was her mother, in spite of my white hair.
Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
8
The one with the white hair is Corporal Nels Pederson, from Sweden.
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
9
The Albino boy with his white hair, but lacking the pink eyes.
Twenty Years of Hus'ling
10
He was gigantic in stature, with a great shock of gray- white hair.
Wandl the Invader
11
His white hair and whiskers stood out wildly round his red face.
The Story of Bessie Costrell
12
One of the men was elderly, with white hair and side whiskers.
The Claim Jumpers: A Romance
13
And Miss Arabella had snowy white hair and a sweet wrinkled face.
A Little Girl in Old Boston
14
From beneath this fell a scant fringe of stained and dirty- white hair.
The Scarlet Plague
15
The only mark of age he carried was his flowing white hair.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 / Little J...
16
From a distance Vinicius recognized his white hair and his upraised hands.
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
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White hair through the time
White hair across language varieties
Canada
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common
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