tawnies
- plural of tawny.
Example Sentences
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The line includes an excellent Douro Reserve for just a few dollars more and some outstanding new ports, a white port and 10-, 20- and 30-year-old tawnies.
From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2020
The owls were flying directly at the Burrow, three handsome tawnies, each of which, it became clear as they flew lower over the path leading up to the house, was carrying a large square envelope.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
The fronts of the houses are of all imaginable pale tints,—stone colors, pinks, greens, greys, and tawnies.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
