carrot-top

carrot-top

A person with red (orange) hair. I bet my future child will be a carrot-top. Red hair runs in my family.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • ginger
  • get in (one's) hair
  • get in somebody's hair
  • out of curl
  • tear one's hair, to
  • slickum
  • mullet
  • split ends
  • have gray hair
References in periodicals archive
And this year, the carrot-top army is fighting back.
Carrot toppers; BATTLE OF GINGER WHY EVERY REDHEAD SHOULD BE PROUD
It's quite apt, then, that it was Chelsea carrot-top Steve Sidwell who first put pen-to-paper to ease the supporters' pre-Intertoto fears.
THE FINAL WORLD: Sidwell deal leaves strike ace in the red
Pictures of cartoon redhead Yosemite Sam and well-known carrot-top Henry VIII, both admittedly fiery characters, are mixed with lesser-known gingernuts from history such as Galileo, Billy the Kid and Emperor Nero to present a cavalcade of auburn achievement.
Show bias red card
milk-bottle legs, carrot-top hair, freckles and a pained grimace.
FANTASY FOOTBALL
The Norwegian carrot-top said he would have hung up his boots and contemplated suicide had Blues striker Eidur Gudjohnsen scored late on.
Not the stats: Hysteria of Week
His Last Chance Lottery extravaganza has outshone carrot-top Chris Evans and his TFI Friday show,
TRIUMPH FOR LAST-CHANCE PAT
The whining Scot, who has denied he is a carrot-top, was forced to dress up as Ginger Spice.
GINGER WHINGER JASON SHOWS TRUE COLOURS; HOUSEMATES GO BACK TO SCHOOL Cheating Scot also lands nomination ban
So did Flint get a hard time at school for his carrot-top tendencies?
The Razz: COMEDY PREVIEW: Comic John gingers up red-hot routine with gags about being a carrot-top; John Flint, The Stand,Glasgow
Friends told yesterday how the first man Carley Ayres, 31, dated was a carrot-top like Chris.
GINGER SNAP; Carley's ex-boyfriend is flame-haired just like new love Chris
The first man Carley Ayres dated was a carrot-top like Chris.
GINGER SNAP; Carley's ex-boyfriend is flame-haired just like new love Chris
CARROT-TOP DJ Chris Evans is about to face up to the biggest disappointment in his life.
The Diary: The Sky falls in on Evans breakfast show
With their identical carrot-top hair and dodgy choice in knitwear it's almost impossible to tell the pair apart.
Is Bitch Robinson the Sundance Kid? WELL, HAVE YOU SEEN HIM LATELY.
"There is no basis for practical co-operation," Carrot-top Charlie declared yesterday, consigning the Paddy Ashdown years to the dustbin of history.
Paul Routledge Column: LIB DEMS JILT NEW LABOUR
Carrot-top Charlie proposes "deep and fundamental change" to the way Britain is governed.
Paul Routledge Column: Chancer Charles
Carrot-top Evans, who met the red-headed duchess at a London awards ceremony on Wednesday, said: "Now, I know you won't believe me.
FERGIE IS FAB SAYS EVANS