noun
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a brindled animal
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a brindled colouring
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of brindle
First recorded in 1670–80; back formation from brindled
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Today, the only people in the lobby are a group of women with a brindle dachshund who are comparing enneagrams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
Stewart followed by sharing a "moment of zen" — a video clip of Dipper, a brindle pitbull mix, romping around in the snow.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2024
On the page, the bulldog — a gray brindle with a white chest and green eyes — is pictured with a small child and a wrapped Christmas present.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2022
Jean took a liking to the brindle pit bull, which was too young to be left in a shelter cage until the storm passed, and knew he needed to find the animal a home.
From Fox News ● Sep. 4, 2019
They are small and sleek, with broad faces, and fur dark brown or brindle, and great bright eyes.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
The pups from these matings will come practically seventy-five per cent. medium seal brindles.
From The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog by Edward Axtell
A considerable number are perfectly black, and are called by courtesy black brindles.
From The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog by Edward Axtell
There were reds, and piebalds, and duns, and browns, and brindles, short horns, long horns, crumpled horns and no horns.
From Around The Tea-Table by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
A drove of oxen came down the road, two brindles leading the way.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach
Trimont Roman Champion Lord Derby Remember, in closing this chapter, that as “eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,” so the eternal admixtures of colors is the price of rich brindles.
From The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog by Edward Axtell
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