brindle

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It comes in gray, tan / orange, brindle, and tan / wine.

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  1. noun A brindled color.
  2. noun A brindled animal.

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  • She was a beautiful golden brindle, long whiskers twitching. —  Asimov'sSF,September2007
  • The brindle-and-white coloured dog still had his baby teeth suggesting he was probably less than one-year-old.
  • Coat colors can be brindle, fawn, blue, black, harlequin and mantle.
  • Any shade of brindle (a streaked or striped pattern of dark hair imposed on a lighter background) is preferred.
  • It comes in gray, tan / orange, brindle, and tan / wine. —  Shaister Miester Do Da
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/ˈbrɪndl/
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