Definition of Black and tan

1. Noun. 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.

Generic synonyms: Military Recruit, Recruit

Definition of Black and tan

1. Noun. A member of the RIC British irregular army group, operating against Irish republicans in the War of Independence 1920/21. ¹

2. Noun. (Ireland) A drink combining stout and ale. ¹

3. Noun. An alcoholic beverage made from a dark and a light malt, typically Guinness or Beamish stout (black) and Bass or Harp ale (tan). In the United Kingdom, the liquids are mixed together. In the U.S., the heavier liquid fills the bottom of the glass, and the other is poured over a spoon to avoid mixing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black And Tan

Black Panther
Black Panthers
Black Plague
Black Prince
Black Russia
Black Russian
Black Russians
Black Sea
Black September
Black September Movement
Black Tai
Black Thursday
Black Tuesday
Black and Decker
Black and Deckers
Black and Tan
Black and Tans
Black man
Black person
Black race
Black woman
Blackacre
Blackadder
Blackamoor
Blackbeard
Blackburn
Blackfeet
Blackfoot
Blackfriar
Blackpool

Literary usage of Black and tan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Illinois Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
""black and tan" RESORTS The intimate association of Negroes and whites in the cabarets of the South Side has occasioned frequent and heated protests. ..."

2. Genetics and Eugenics: A Text-book for Students of Biology and a Reference by William Ernest Castle, Gregor Mendel (1916)
"A more conspicuous pattern, seen in black-and-tan dogs, occurs in many wild Canidae, notably in Canis simen- sis, chief ancestor of the hunting dogs, ..."

3. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"... been assured by Mr. Warwick, that one ran at the Caledonian Champion meeting of April I860, and was " marked precisely like a black-and-tan terrier. ..."

4. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Illinois Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
""black and tan" RESORTS The intimate association of Negroes and whites in the cabarets of the South Side has occasioned frequent and heated protests. ..."

5. Genetics and Eugenics: A Text-book for Students of Biology and a Reference by William Ernest Castle, Gregor Mendel (1916)
"A more conspicuous pattern, seen in black-and-tan dogs, occurs in many wild Canidae, notably in Canis simen- sis, chief ancestor of the hunting dogs, ..."

6. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"... been assured by Mr. Warwick, that one ran at the Caledonian Champion meeting of April I860, and was " marked precisely like a black-and-tan terrier. ..."

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