strawberry roan

noun

1. a horse with a reddish coat that is liberally flecked with white hairs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of strawberry roan¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

An outrider, dressed in green and gold, and holding a big whip, rode in on a huge strawberry-roan horse.

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She was going to send the strawberry roan back hitched behind the supply wagon.

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The only thing about it that fits is the color scheme; Poppy was a red-and-white cow, or rather a kind of strawberry roan.

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The three judges, men with whips and long-tailed coats, looked earnestly at the strawberry roan.

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Being a high-bred hackney, and the pick of the Sir Bardolph three-year-olds, he was put down as a strawberry roan.

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