BLACK AND TAN


Meaning of BLACK AND TAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1870

1. : a black-and-tan animal (as a dog)

2. chiefly British : a drink consisting of a dark beer (as stout or porter) and ale or beer of a paler color

3. capitalized B&T

[from the color of his uniform]

: a recruit enlisted in England in 1920-21 for service in the Royal Irish Constabulary against the armed movement for Irish independence

4. : a member of a black-and-tan political organization (as in the southern United States) — compare lily-white

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.