dapple-grey
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Originally it had been dapple-grey, but it returned year after year repainted in all shades and hues.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marshal Badoglio rode into the Ethiopian capital on a small dapple-grey.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had an old acquaintance in the Park, a dapple-grey, who, probably from some early disappointment was a confirmed cynic, and whose society he thought would be congenial just then.
From The Talking Horse And Other Tales by Anstey, F.
They brought him his boots, and his dapple-grey steed along with them.
From Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers by Various
"Seest thou not yon knight coming towards us on a dapple-grey steed, with a helmet of gold on his head?"
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
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