dapple-grey
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Marshal Badoglio rode into the Ethiopian capital on a small dapple-grey.
From Time Magazine Archive
Originally it had been dapple-grey, but it returned year after year repainted in all shades and hues.
From Time Magazine Archive
The beast now revealed itself a dapple-grey; and at last between its unkempt ears, and against the slaty sky to westward, Moya described the timbers of the whim.
From The Shadow of a Man by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
"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
The tassel of the hearth-rug has flung down the bass-drum, and he and his dapple-grey horse lie overtripped, slipped out of line, with the little lead drumsticks glistening to the fire's shine.
From Men, Women and Ghosts by Lowell, Amy
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