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tawn en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/tɔːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/tɔn/ (General-American)
/tɑn/ (cot-caught-merger)
Etymology
Alteration of tan, influenced by tawny.
Meanings
(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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tawns
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tawn en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/tɔːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/tɔn/ (General-American)
/tɑn/ (cot-caught-merger)
Etymology
Alteration of tan, influenced by tawny.
Meanings
(transitive) To tan, make tawny.
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tawning
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tawns
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tawned
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tawned
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tawn en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
From town.
Meanings
(alt-of, countable, pronunciation-spelling, qualifier:Bermuda) Pronunciation spelling of town.
(colloquial, qualifier:Bermuda, uncountable) Hamilton (the capital city of Bermuda).
12:30pm: Went tahn to get some greeze. Parked opposite de lye-berry. 2013 September 5, James Burton, “Burton's Banter: Our rich dialogue — as moreish as a cold burr...”, in The Bermuda Sun, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2022: