Read full poem →The youth toward his fancy
Would turn his brow of tan,
And Tom would pair with Nancy
Dictionary Entry
A yellowish-brown colour.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. tansri tanson tan6 tantan light
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Poetry examples for “tan”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →del edificio. Alí yacia el cadáver de la po-
bre anciana con el cuello tan perfectamen-
te cortado, que cuando se trató de leyan-
Read full poem →His hair is crisp, and black, and long,
His face is like the tan;
His brow is wet with honest sweat,
Read full poem →Half the sun's disk with a spot;
'Twill not now avail to tan
Orange cheek or skin of man.
Read full poem →Hung babies out on branches by the hands
To dry or wash or tan, I don't know which
(You'll have to ask an evolutionist)--
Read full poem →challenging expression. He could almost have been an American, he
was so tan and had such good teeth, but I could tell straight away
that he wasn't. He had what no American man I’ve ever met has had,
Read full poem →the ceiling. The starched white sleeves of his shirt, rolled up to the
elbows, glimmered eerily in the half-dark and his tan skin seemed
almost black. I thought he must be the most beautiful man I’d ever
Read full poem →my brave horsemen!
My handsome tan-faced horsemen! what life, what joy and pride,
With all the perils were yours).
Read full poem →O tan-faced prairie-boy,
Before you came to camp came many a welcome gift,