tawny

• “He was called tawny because from his frequent walks in the blaze of the sun his face had become much sun-burnt.”

  Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery

• “Two are "tawny" and two are grey and white, like their ma.”

  MI, 10 Cent Refund

• “Some Negro slaves were brought to Europe by the Spaniards in the fourteenth century, and a small trade was continued by the Portuguese, who conquered territory from the "tawny" Moors of North Africa in the early fifteenth century.”

  The Negro

• “From the shoulder swung a short green furred cloak, somewhat like that of a Hussar, the lining of which gleamed every now and then with a kind of tawny crimson.”

  The Napoleon of Notting Hill

• “These "tawny" colored inks I estimate were products obtained from the "thorn" trees spoken of by the monk Theophilus.”

  Forty Centuries of Ink

• “Branwell was rather a handsome boy, with "tawny" hair, to use Miss”

  Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1

• “I had hoped to see a few forest butterflies such as tawny, hackberry emperors, red admirals, or even goatweed leafwings, along the Loop Trail, but no such luck.”

  Museum Blogs

• “One-eighth and one-sixteenth Hawaiian were they, which meant that seven-eighths or fifteen-sixteenths white blood informed that skin yet failed to obliterate the modicum of golden tawny brown of Polynesia.”

  ON THE MAKALOA MAT

• “Each year, dozens of reports come in from people who believe they have seen large, tawny colored cats in states where no such animals are officially documented.”

  The Huffington Post: David Mizejewski: Wild Cougar Confirmed in Connecticut

• “I remember being surprised by her tawny golden eyes; at the way she held my gaze – like a challenge – but that was not the moment.”

  Duet « A Fly in Amber

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