dapple-grey
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Originally it had been dapple-grey, but it returned year after year repainted in all shades and hues.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marshal Badoglio rode into the Ethiopian capital on a small dapple-grey.
From Time Magazine Archive
His bristly hair stood up straight all over his head, giving it the appearance of a broad, dapple-grey clothes-brush.
From Arsene Lupin by Leblanc, Maurice
Moya only heard a muttering as the wretch swung round upon his heel, and walked after the dapple-grey, which had come to a standstill within sight.
From The Shadow of a Man by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
I claim of you the twelve minae, which you borrowed from me to buy the dapple-grey horse.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
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