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Meanings of tawny in inglês
Of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather.
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Usage of tawny in inglês
1
Avery said simply, 'I saw him fall.' The tawny eyes were distant.
2
The men are remarkably idle and stupid; they are tawny and lean.
3
Once more the column undulated over the tawny crest of the hill.
4
Presently the familiar cliff and the tawny path scaling it loomed ahead.
5
Harris set the glass back down and stared into its tawny heart.
6
A river intersected the plain which in many places was tawny yellow.
7
A flash of joy lighted up the tawny eyes of the brute-tamer.
8
A tawny light sprang up just ahead; snatches of laughter reached them.
9
They in turn provide food for heron, tawny owl, kestrel and buzzard.
10
Keewin no care that, he flicked his tawny fingers in the air.
11
Her eyes were a tawny brown; her hair a flamboyant auburn mop.
12
He stroked her tawny fur and felt sadness rage through his body.
13
A shape padded into view, a tawny, shaggy pelt of sandy brown.
14
Draffes, their long tawny necks swaying, saluted them in their high-pitched voices.
15
The tinker was kindling preparations for his tea, under the tawny umbrella.
16
Suddenly you see the tawny yellow hide, as the tiger slouches along.
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Tawny across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common