He was a pale, Tallowy creature, wanting two fingers of the left hand; and, though he wore a cutlass, he did not look much like a fighter.
"Treasure Island"
Robert Louis Stevenson
Once I stepped out myself into the road, but he immediately called me back, and, as I did not obey quick enough for his fancy, a most horrible change came over his Tallowy face, and he ordered me in with an oath that made me jump.
"Treasure Island"
Robert Louis Stevenson
Tweedie was a hay-colored little man, narrer chested and Tallowy, but if ever there was a copper-riveted Christian from Christianville I guess he was it!
"Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas"
Lloyd Osbourne