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| taw·ny [ táwnee ] |
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1. orangey brown: of an orangey brown color tinged with gold
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2. matured for ten years plus: describes port wine that has matured for at least ten years in the barrel before bottling and is therefore paler than ruby port
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| [14th century. Via Anglo-Norman tauné< Old French tané< tan "tanbark"] |
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 taw·ni·ness noun |
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