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Black and Tan definition

Black and Tan

a member of the British troops sent to Ireland to help put down disturbances during the Sinn Fein rebellion (1919-21)

Etymology: so named from wearing black caps and khaki coats, and in allusion to a famous pack of hounds in Limerick, where first stationed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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