pepper-and-salt

American  

[pep-er-uhn-sawlt] / ˈpɛp ər ənˈsɔlt /

Also salt-and-pepper

adjective

1. composed of a fine mixture of black with white.

   pepper-and-salt hair.

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noun

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

2. harbinger-of-spring.

pepper-and-salt British  

adjective

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

2. (of hair) streaked with grey

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Etymology

Origin of pepper-and-salt

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

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pepper-and-salt

The dense workmanship mixed skeins of thick wool with pepper-and-salt tweed — and set that off against sheer chiffon.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2011

A diminutive figure with a pepper-and-salt beard, an ascetic mien and a tempered voice, Fugard is no firebrand.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 51, a twinkling, compact man with a boxer's fleshy nose and a pepper-and-salt beard, he is by general consent the best sculptor to have emerged from England since Henry Moore.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stuart climbed the bank, went into the bushes, and was back in a few minutes wearing a pepper-and-salt jacket, old striped trousers, a Windsor tie, and spectacles.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White

Her hair was pepper-and-salt, and she smiled when she saw him look at her.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman