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Black and tan Moderate

Black and tan has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
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

2

A member of the RIC British irregular army group, operating against Irish republicans in the War of Independence 1920/21.

3

Any of various breeds of dog having black and tan colouring.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
recruit
Rhyming Words
tan etan stan utan rotan witan matan hotan cutan istan natan ratan butan wotan satan lotan estan octan kitan altan
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