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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Black and Tan
 
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. Black and Tans
A member of a paramilitary force recruited in Britain and sent to Ireland as part of the Royal Irish Constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921.
ETYMOLOGY:From the color of their uniform.
 
 
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  black-and-tan black-and-tan coonhound  
 
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