tawny pipit

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noun

a small sandy-brown European bird, Anthus campestris, of the wagtail family; an irregular migrant to some parts of Britain

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Words nearby tawny pipit

tawhiri, tawie, tawney, tawny, tawny owl, tawny pipit, tawpie, taws, tawse, tax, taxable

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How to use tawny pipit in a sentence

It is built not in a long bun, but in a half-loaf of fresh, tawny-crusted Italian bread.
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I asked, watching buzzards, white-backed vultures, and tawny eagles corkscrew skyward on thermals.
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I like a sweet, sparkling red like Brachetto, though if there are nuts involved, a nice tawny Port could be the perfect match.
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The bars of gold and light vibrated over the tawny waters, and darkness fell like a black sword, cutting the day from the night.
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That instant its tawny face scarred with black emerged from behind green leaves.
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Here and there an oak stood, fully green, among the tawny reds and golds of a flaming woodland.
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Underneath wisps of tawny hair, rather Mephistophelian, were clear-blue eyes, brilliant and sharp as a brigands.
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Both men and women had long hair, ranging in color from black to tawny, and very clean and glistening.
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