Definitions for black-and-tan

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Spelling: [blak-uh n-tan]

IPA: /ˈblæk ənˈtæn/

Black-And-Tan is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 289 anagrams from letters in black-and-tan (--aaabcdklnnt).

Definitions for black-and-tan

noun

1. Usually, Black and Tans. an armed force of about 6000 soldiers sent by the British government to Ireland in June, 1920, to suppress revolutionary activity: so called from the colors of their uniform.
2. a member of this force.
3. (lowercase) a drink made of equal parts of ale and stout or porter.
4. (lowercase) a black-and-tan dog.

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:

Origin of black-and-tan

First recorded in 1855-60

Examples for black-and-tan

I said I didn't want a black-and-tan, and I'd throw a pug out of the window!

In the flat across the hall from us lived a lady with a black-and-tan terrier.

A black-and-tan police cruiser from the Florida Highway Patrol pulled up to the scene.

A black-and-tan collie with a blue-ribbon round his neck, and a saucy look on his face.

One of these, a black-and-tan terrier, always accompanies the ninety Indian children to church on Sunday morning.

But then he's just as good a ratter as any black-and-tan you ever saw.

But I had my dog with me, such a dear little thing, a black-and-tan terrier.

A short time since I tried a novel experiment with the phonograph and two black-and-tan terriers, mother and son.

Then, "Lie down, Turk," to a black-and-tan Hound that came growling out.

A young man at the same hotel had two setters and a black-and-tan terrier.