Black and tan Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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

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  1. black mixed or spotted with tan color or reddish brown; used in describing certain breeds of dogs.
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  1. . See under Black, a.

Webster 1913