pepper-and-salt

[ pep-er-uhn-sawlt ]

/ ˈpɛp ər ənˈsɔlt /

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adjective

composed of a fine mixture of black with white: pepper-and-salt hair.

noun

an apparel fabric having a pepper-and-salt effect.

harbinger-of-spring.

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Also salt-and-pep·per

[sawlt-n-pep-er] /ˈsɔlt nˈpɛp ər/ (for defs. 1, 2) .

Origin of pepper-and-salt

First recorded in 1765–75

Words nearby pepper-and-salt

peplos, peplum, peplus, pepo, pepper, pepper-and-salt, pepperbox, pepperbush, peppercorn, peppercorn rent, peppered moth

How to use pepper-and-salt in a sentence

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As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
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Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Place the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt on parchment or wax paper.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Whisk in the half and half and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Afghan was true to his salt, and their own retainers, who had come with them from Lucknow, remained steadfast at this crisis.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
Robert Fitzgerald received a patent in England for making salt water fresh.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
One whist table only is at work; General Pepper and three old hands of the same kidney are hard at it.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The men arrived in very bad condition, and many of them blinded with the salt water which had dashed into their eyes.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various

British Dictionary definitions for pepper-and-salt

pepper-and-salt

adjective

(of cloth) marked with a fine mixture of black and white

(of hair) streaked with grey

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