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Definition of Tarnished
1. tarnish [v] - See also: tarnish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tarnished
Literary usage of Tarnished
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Fruit Insects by Mark Vernon Slingerland, Cyrus Richard Crosby (1914)
"FALSE Tarnished PLANT-BUG Lygus invitus Say This close relative of the tarnished
plant-bug has for many years caused considerable loss to the pear growers ..."
2. The Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art by John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell (1843)
"A tarnished sovereign and a tarnished half-crown being laid on the same copper
... By selecting a half-penny very much tarnished, and letting it remain five ..."
3. History of Mexico by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Thomas Savage, Joseph Joshua Peatfield (1885)
"... IN MICHOACAN—Tarnished REPUTATION OF RAMON RAYON—THE FIVE YEARS' SIEGE OF MESC.
... Tarnished ..."
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