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BLACK-AND-TAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black-and-tan mean?
• BLACK-AND-TAN (adjective)
The adjective BLACK-AND-TAN has 1 sense:
1. having a pattern of black and tan
Familiarity information: BLACK-AND-TAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a pattern of black and tan
Similar:
patterned (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))
Context examples
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)
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