Thesaurus / tawny
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A nice aged tawny perhaps, though vin santo also comes to mind.
OLD-GUARD VINEYARDS TAKE TOP HONORS AT COMPETITIONS IN MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA, SHOWCASING THE REGION’S BESTDAVE MCINTYREMARCH 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe bars of gold and light vibrated over the tawny waters, and darkness fell like a black sword, cutting the day from the night.
KARI THE ELEPHANTDHAN GOPAL MUKERJIThat instant its tawny face scarred with black emerged from behind green leaves.
KARI THE ELEPHANTDHAN GOPAL MUKERJIHere and there an oak stood, fully green, among the tawny reds and golds of a flaming woodland.
MARRIAGE LA MODEMRS. HUMPHRY WARDUnderneath wisps of tawny hair, rather Mephistophelian, were clear-blue eyes, brilliant and sharp as a brigands.
THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSONBoth men and women had long hair, ranging in color from black to tawny, and very clean and glistening.
THE STARS, MY BROTHERSEDMOND HAMILTONYour hair—you had lots of hair, all tawny—some of it was caught up by the branches, some of it hung over your eyes.
THE CREATORSMAY SINCLAIRHis face is naked, and of a tawny colour; his eyes are of a chesnut, with black eyebrows.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME IX (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFONWe hung and gently swung, apparently at the mercy of the tawny flood of old Missouri.
THE WAY OF A MANEMERSON HOUGHHis coat is commonly of a tawny grey colour, but sometimes black or white, and he varies in size according to the climate.
THE ANIMAL STORY BOOKVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO TAWNY
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