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tawns

tawns is the plural of tawn.

Meaning of tawn

Noun

tawn (plural tawns)

  1. (rare) A tan.
    • In the complexion of a third still lingers a tropic tawn, but slightly bleached withal; HE doubtless has tarried whole weeks ashore.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 5”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

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Questions about tawns

What is tawns the plural of?
Tawns is the plural of tawn.

Words near tawns in the dictionary

  1. tawniest
  2. tawnily
  3. tawniness
  4. tawning
  5. Tawnja
  6. tawns
  7. tawny
  8. tawny coster
  9. tawny costers
  10. tawny cottongrass
  11. tawny eagle

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