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Definition of Fawned
1. fawn [v] - See also: fawn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fawned
Literary usage of Fawned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"... the rascal fawned on him like a whipped spaniel.—Massinger, A New Way to Pay
Old Debts (1625). Tara (The Hill of), in Meath, Ireland. ..."
2. The Novelist's Magazine (1785)
"... not only daz'led her with his fécond -hand finery, but he fawned, and flattered,
and cringed ; he taught her to take rappee, and presented her with a ..."
3. Ethica; Or, Characteristics of Men, Manners & Books by Arthur Lloyd Windsor (1860)
"He flattered his flatterers. He fawned upon Caesar. He then fawned upon ...
Brutus, and next he fawned upon Caesar's heir, Octavius. ..."
4. Ethica; Or, Characteristics of Men, Manners & Books by Arthur Lloyd Windsor (1860)
"He fawned upon Caesar. He then fawned upon Caesar's murderer, Brutus, and next
he fawned upon Caesar's heir, Octavius. He flattered Antony, yet he ..."
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