more on _ginger_ = redhead

[David Barnhart]

NOT recorded in HDAS, Greene (1 vol. ed.), .



But see eOED (def. 4a) with reference to color, esp. of hair:



1889   E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) ,
Ginger, a light red or yellow colour, applied to the hair.



DKB



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