Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete form of tawny.

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Examples

  • The Columbus-based bank said Thursday that it named Ann "Tanny" Crane to its board.

    Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2010

  • She starts calling Tannhäuser "Tanny," and he cannot resist her sassy vitality.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • His speech was delivered by Mr. Lyttleton 'Tanny' Shirley, Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority at a press conference held at the Court's Constant Spring branch today (Friday, May 15, 2009).

    Jamaica Information Service 2009

  • Riley shot her a sheepish smile and shrug, but Tanny McTannerson ignored the comment.

    At First Sight CATHERINE HAPKA 2010

  • Riley shot her a sheepish smile and shrug, but Tanny McTannerson ignored the comment.

    At First Sight CATHERINE HAPKA 2010

  • That did not stop Tanny from writing that, Lacking clarity, investors can only guess about what's ahead based on Obama's decidedly anti-business rhetoric used during the campaign.

    Jeff Schweitzer: Dow Hovers Near 11,000: This is Obama's Market Jeff Schweitzer 2010

  • Tanny, S.M., and N.A. Derzko (1988), “Innovation and Imitators in Innovation Diffusion Modeling” Journal of Forecasting, 7(4):225-234.

    Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995

  • I guess when I was very small and learning to speak, I tried to pronounce my own name, and it came out as Tanny instead of Sandra, and so he called me that.

    Lazy B: Growing Up On a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest 2002

  • This team needs some pressure up the middle, and I, like Ryan and Tanny hope and pray they can because it seems Ellis is going to N.E. We're spending a truckload on CBs, one of which the Jets were willing to forget.

    NY Daily News 2011

  • Ndamukong Suh (Tanny signs JT and trades him, a 2010 and a 2011 pick to Detroit)

    thejetsblog.com Bent 2010

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