black-and-tan

[blak-uhn-tan]

black-and-tan

[blak-uhn-tan]
adjective
1.
(of a dog) of a black color with tan markings above the eyes and on the muzzle, chest, legs, feet, and breech.
2.
Informal. composed of or frequented by both blacks and whites: a black-and-tan musical revue of the 1920s.

Origin:
1855–60
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Black-and-tan is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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black-and-tan

adjective
having a pattern of black and tan 
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