Both Uses of
fawn
in
Burned, by Ellen Hopkins
- Dad's speed and skill with a butcher knife were straight out of a novel: The Silence of the Fawns.†
*fawns = shows excessive flattery or affection
- I froze, and so did the doe, heavy with fawn.†
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 rare to warrant focus) meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:
"Fawn" more commonly describes a young deer.