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ROUGH-HAIRED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rough-haired mean?
• ROUGH-HAIRED (adjective)
The adjective ROUGH-HAIRED has 1 sense:
1. having hair that feels rough
Familiarity information: ROUGH-HAIRED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having hair that feels rough
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Context examples
“My lord,” said a rough-haired, dark-faced man, who walked by the knight's other stirrup, with his head sloped to catch all that he was saying.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There were two rough-haired, unkempt horses in the tumble-down stable.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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