piebald

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They had it up one side and down the other; Brother Japhe tryin' to tell Bledsoe that his piebald was about the no-accountest horse in the valley, and Jim takin' it all by contraries and gettin' more and more p'intedly anxious to trade Well?"

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  1. adjective Spotted or patched, especially in black and white: a piebald horse.
  2. noun A piebald animal, especially a horse.

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  • There had been a time in the immediate past when my skin was piebald, due to Eet's counterfeiting of a plague stigma. —  Norton, Andre - Uncharted Stars (v1.0) (html).html
  • Most Gypsy cobs are what Americans would call spotted and what the British would call piebald or skewbald. —  Shelbyville Times-Gazette Headlines
  • It never aired, period. piebald (115 posts) on October 22, 2008 - 9: 49am. —  AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
  • Take a deep breath, hold on, and once again go to battle against the gene-pool throwbacks, who, by the way, have no further business breeding such ignorance back into the world. piebald (115 posts) on October 22, 2008 - 10: 51am. —  AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
  • But Father can't decide between the Chinese lanterns and the private chapel.--Personally," she sighed, "I'm hoping for the piebald pony Yes, but this--party?" —  Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs
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  1. pie2 + bald.

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  1. Formerly also pyebald, pieball'd; from pie + bald. Cf. French pie, piebald, and see pied.
 

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/ˈpaɪbɔld/
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