The Shaggy Man

What the books say it is

• origin a wanderer who lived in Colorado before he went to Oz 1 chapter

  • "Back in Colorado, where I used to live before I went to Oz.

    Tik-Tok of Oz, ch. 6
• size big 1 chapter

  • He was a big man, with shaggy whiskers, shaggy eyebrows, shaggy hair--but kindly blue eyes that were gentle as those of a cow. On his head was a green velvet hat with a jeweled band, which was all shaggy around the brim. Rich but shaggy laces were at his throat; a coat with shaggy edges was decorated with diamond buttons; the velvet breeches had jeweled buckles at the knees and shags all around the bottoms.

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz, ch. 10
• colour brown 1 chapter

  • Although the shaggy man cried out and tried to leap backward and escape, it proved of no use. Suddenly his own head was gone and a donkey head appeared in its place--a brown, shaggy head so absurd and droll that Dorothy and Polly both broke into merry laughter, and even Button-Bright's fox face wore a smile.

    The Road to Oz, ch. 7
• hair shaggy whiskers, eyebrows, hair 1 chapter

  • He was a big man, with shaggy whiskers, shaggy eyebrows, shaggy hair--but kindly blue eyes that were gentle as those of a cow. On his head was a green velvet hat with a jeweled band, which was all shaggy around the brim. Rich but shaggy laces were at his throat; a coat with shaggy edges was decorated with diamond buttons; the velvet breeches had jeweled buckles at the knees and shags all around the bottoms.

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz, ch. 10
• hair shaggy whiskers and hair 1 chapter

  • shaggy but not ragged, being dressed in fine silks with satin shags and bobtails. The Shaggy Man had shaggy whiskers and hair, but a sweet disposition and a soft, pleasant voice.

    The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 9
• hair shaggy from head to foot 1 chapter

  • Then there was the Shaggy Man--shaggy from head to foot, hair and whiskers, clothes and shoes--but very kind and gentle and one of Ozma's most loyal supporters.

    Glinda of Oz, ch. 14
• eyes kindly blue, gentle as a cow's 1 chapter

  • He was a big man, with shaggy whiskers, shaggy eyebrows, shaggy hair--but kindly blue eyes that were gentle as those of a cow. On his head was a green velvet hat with a jeweled band, which was all shaggy around the brim. Rich but shaggy laces were at his throat; a coat with shaggy edges was decorated with diamond buttons; the velvet breeches had jeweled buckles at the knees and shags all around the bottoms.

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz, ch. 10
• eyes a twinkle, pleasant 1 chapter

  • Yes, he was shaggy, all right, but there was a twinkle in his eye that seemed pleasant.

    The Road to Oz, ch. 1
• wears a rose-colored velvet coat, cream satin vest, rose velvet knee-breeches, and rose leather slippers 1 chapter

  • His coat was of rose-colored velvet, trimmed with shags and bobtails, with buttons of blood-red rubies and golden shags around the edges. His vest was a shaggy satin of a delicate cream color, and his knee-breeches of rose velvet trimmed like the coat. Shaggy creamy stockings of silk, and shaggy slippers of rose leather with ruby buckles, completed his costume, and when he was thus attired the shaggy man looked at himself in a long mirror with great admiration.

    The Road to Oz, ch. 19
• wears pea-green and pink satin and velvet with embroidered shags and iridescent pearls 1 chapter

  • He selected a costume of pea-green and pink satin and velvet, with embroidered shags on all the edges and iridescent pearls for ornaments

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz, ch. 17
• wears fine silks with satin shags and bobtails 1 chapter

  • his friend the Shaggy Man, who was shaggy but not ragged, being dressed in fine silks with satin shags and bobtails.

    The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 9
• wears shaggy pea-green satin 1 chapter

  • in a suit of shaggy pea-green satin

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz, ch. 28
• wears garments so shaggy 1 chapter

  • This sudden arrival was a queer looking man, dressed all in garments so shaggy that Betsy at first thought he must be some animal.

    Tik-Tok of Oz, ch. 6
• wears shaggy coat 1 chapter

  • ran madly toward the shaggy man, who had already picked up three apples and put them in one of the big wide pockets of his shaggy coat.

    The Road to Oz, ch. 1
• trait droll and delightful 1 chapter

  • the droll and delightful Shaggy Man, who was a favorite wherever he went

    The Magic of Oz, ch. 22
• trait sweet disposition 1 chapter

  • shaggy but not ragged, being dressed in fine silks with satin shags and bobtails. The Shaggy Man had shaggy whiskers and hair, but a sweet disposition and a soft, pleasant voice.

    The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 9
• trait kind and gentle 1 chapter

  • Then there was the Shaggy Man--shaggy from head to foot, hair and whiskers, clothes and shoes--but very kind and gentle and one of Ozma's most loyal supporters.

    Glinda of Oz, ch. 14