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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 roughplay

  Familiarity information: ROUGH-HAIRED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROUGH-HAIRED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having hair that feels rough

Similar:

haired; hairy; hirsute (having or covered with hair)


 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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