Simultaneously it was shown that more than one person tenanted the building: a man, bareheaded, but with a shaggy mat of roached hair that served in lieu of a hat, issued from the door.
"When Egypt Went Broke"
Holman Day
If he gets it roached up on both sides that will make me look like a horizontal-bar performer, which is his idea of manly beauty.
"Cobb's Anatomy"
Irvin S. Cobb
Or if he gets it roached up on one side only there is still some consolation in it for him I'm liable to be mistaken anywhere for a trained-animal performer.
"Cobb's Anatomy"
Irvin S. Cobb