fawns
- plural of fawn.
Example Sentences
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Fawns rescued by Animal Nation, a nonprofit animal-rescue group in Rye, N.Y.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2021
She would simply beg of all the Fawns that no allusion might be made to him in her presence.
From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony
Fawns, rabbits, and hares, young sheep and goats, wild birds of all kinds, fall helpless victims, for neither the swiftest running nor the most rapid flight can avail against this king of the air.
From Harper's Young People, February 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
She told him nothing of the bribe that had been offered her, nor on that subject had she said a word to any of the Fawns.
From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony
"Fawns" is equivalent to "fawnings;" and the meaning seems to be, "applies himself to softer blandishments."
From The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
