tawney

¹ American  

[taw-nee] / ˈtɔ ni /

adjective

tawnier, tawniest

1. tawny.

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Tawney ² American  

[taw-nee, tey-] / ˈtɔ ni, ˈteɪ- /

noun

1. Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.

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Tawney British  

/ ˈtɔːnɪ /

noun

1. R ( ichard ) H ( enry ). 1880–1962, British economic historian, born in India. His chief works are The Acquisitive Society (1920), Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (1926), and Equality (1931)

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Example Sentences

Swift as a flash there sprang over her shoulder a tawney, spotted leopard, which landed upon the back of a big leather armchair and turned upon the others with a fierce movement.

From American Fairy Tales by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)

Six yards of tawney medley at 13s. 4d. a yard, with a fur of black budge rated at £10, is the warrant for 1592.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

Here, degraded and dishonoured, I will not live the scorn of each whiffling stranger from the South, because, forsooth, he wears tinkling spurs on a tawney boot.

From The Monastery by Scott, Walter, Sir

Sir Philip Calthorpe, a Norfolk knight, sent as much cloth of fine French tawney, as would make him a gown, to a tailor in Norwich.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 326, August 9, 1828 by Various

Me, he describes as the "Professor of Charms" and "Charming Professor," once—the "tawney charmer."

From The American Prejudice Against Color An Authentic Narrative, Showing How Easily The Nation Got Into An Uproar. by Allen, William G.