black and tan

Speech parts

1. black and tan - Noun

2. black and tan - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

an English recruit (who wore a uniform that was black and tan) serving in the Irish constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921

having a pattern of black and tan

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

black-and-tan

Synonyms

colour patterned discolor blacken bread and butter track and field now and then odds and ends discolour hide and seek melanize melanise arts and crafts block and tackle plug and play
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Antonyms

plain calmness unpatterned

Hypernyms

recruit military recruit

Examples

Ellington's film work began with Black and Tan (1929), a nineteen-minute all-African-American RKO short Stratemann, Dr. Klaus. Source: Internet

Miley had composed most of " Creole Love Call " and " Black and Tan Fantasy ". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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