But it wasn't really such a leap from paintings of riders to pictures of top-hatted toffs playing around with tousled tarts.
Her hair was tousled and looked in need of brushing.
His black hair was tousled, blown by the wind, shining strands of it across his brown forehead.
The tousled upswept tendrils of hair.
The thought lit a spark of rebellion, and slowly she sat up, pushing tousled hair back from her tear-streaked face.
Vron lying with back arched and legs raised on a tousled white carpet.
Xanthe ambled in in a tousled yawning state and yesterday's clothes and flopped into the empty chair beside Filmer.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►hair tousled
She had just awakened, her eyes sleepy and her hair tousled.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►tousled hair
especially literary (=a little untidy, in a way that looks attractive)· his youthfully handsome face and tousled hair that hung untidily over his collar
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►hair
· The thought lit a spark of rebellion, and slowly she sat up, pushing tousled hair back from her tear-streaked face.· A slender youth with dark tousled hair and eyes of a stormy blue.· The tousled hair falls neglected across the furrowed brow.· Carol ran a hand through her tousled hair and sighed.· In the dimness, his tousled hair seemed to send out rays of its own brightness.
tousled hair or a tousled appearance looks untidy: She had just awakened, her eyes sleepy and her hair tousled. A small tousled head appeared in the doorway.