All 3 Uses of
fawn
in
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
- They had entered without knocking— never would he be able to teach them to knock— and they stood like fawns—too small to be afraid.†
Chpt 1.4 *fawns = shows excessive flattery or affection
- An eagle accompanied them, soaring and returning in great, wide arcs, and once they surprised a doe and her little fawn.†
Chpt 2.11
- The doe carefully nudged the fawn off the path, keeping herself between it and them.†
Chpt 2.11
Definitions:
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(1)
(fawn as in: fawned all over her) showing excessive flattery or affection
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) "Fawn" more commonly describes a young deer.