BLACK AND TAN

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• BLACK AND TAN (noun)
  The noun BLACK AND TAN has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: BLACK AND TAN used as a noun is very rare.

• BLACK AND TAN (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Black and Tan" is a kind of...):

military recruit; recruit (a recently enlisted soldier)

 Context examples 

Puppies are often born dark, but the adult comes in many combinations of black, black and tan, reddish, red grizzle, wheat, liver and blue, grizzle, and grizzle and tan.

(Lakeland Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

The Gordon Setter is the only black and tan setter.

(Gordon Setter, NCI Thesaurus)

The German Pinscher, also called the Standard Pinscher, is a medium-sized, tall terrier with a smooth, glossy coat that comes in red fawn, black and tan, and dark brown with yellow markings.

(German Pinscher, NCI Thesaurus)

It has a short coat that comes in red, but may also be black and tan or chocolate.

(Miniature Pinscher, NCI Thesaurus)

The coat is wiry and straight and come in red, wheaten, tan, black and tan, and grizzle - occasionally with white markings.

(Norfolk Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

It has a soft, water-resistant coat that comes in red, sable, fawn or black and tan, usually with white markings.

(Pembroke Welsh Corgi, NCI Thesaurus)

Their coats are wiry and straight and come in red, wheaten, tan, black and tan, and grizzle - occasionally with white markings.

(Norwich Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

The coat comes in buff, black, other solid colors, black-and-tan, and parti-color (white with black, white with buff or red, white with black and tan points).

(American Cocker Spaniel, NCI Thesaurus)

Its hard, short-haired, close-fitting coat comes in black, black and tan, blue-gray, red, fawn and white.

(Doberman Pinscher, NCI Thesaurus)

The droop of loosely fitting skin and extensive ear leather give the Black and Tan a distinctive quality.

(Black and Tan Coonhound, NCI Thesaurus)