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Meanings of woolly hair in English

Woolly hair is a rare congenital abnormality of the structure of the scalp hair marked by extreme kinkiness of the hair.

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Examples for "hereditary woolly hair syndrome"
Examples for "hereditary woolly hair syndrome"
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They are black in color, tall, well-shaped, with regular features and wooly hair.
The Future of the Colored Race in America / Being an article in ...
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Her wooly hair was plaited into little tails which stuck out in all directions.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Young Folks' Edition
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A small amount of short wooly hair is usually found over the back of a newborn infant.
The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy
4
They stood about gracefully to be admired, with their wooly hair fluffed out at right angles to their head, for the occasion.
Six Women
Usage of woolly hair in English
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The Wadreagans and Wurgelans are of a dark bronze, with woolly hair.
Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World
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He was twenty, and though not dark in colour, has woolly hair.
Southern Arabia
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Their woolly hair was frizzled or plaited, sometimes powdered white with chunam.
The Phantom Ship
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If he hadn't had such purplish lips, and all that woolly hair.
Flesh and blood
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Their black faces and woolly hair contrasted most ludicrously with the white pillow-case.
The Englishwoman in America
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His woolly hair was yellow, and the pupils of his eyes were pink.
Chatterbox, 1905.
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He that has short, woolly hair, combs it and oils it to death.
Clotel; Or, The President's Daughter
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Some of these clans are white, others black, with woolly hair.
Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World
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Their complexion a jet black, with thick and long woolly hair.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
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Some came from the interior of Africa and had woolly hair and thick lips.
Ancient Man: The Beginning of Civilizations
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The older men had short bushy beards, and large heads of almost woolly hair.
Twice Lost
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He must be a negro; of course he is, he's got woolly hair too.
The Boy Slaves
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A gash from a tomahawk disfigured his head; the woolly hair was matted with blood.
Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
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Her woolly hair was braided in sundry little tails, which stuck out in every direction.
Tales of Fantasy and Fact
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It proved a full-blooded African, with thick lips, woolly hair, enormous feet, and scant attire.
Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of William F. Cody ["Bu...
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They have no heroes and are called ' woolly hair.' They had to endure the pencil test.
The masque of africa: glimpses of african belief
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