fawny
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fawny
Example Sentences
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Her monochromatic, tawny, fawny outfit was severely ascetic and suggested a raging antipathy toward self-indulgent glamour.
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2011
The prisoners wear fawny homespun clothes, of cloth such as the peasants weave, with irregularly occurring brown stripes.
From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
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