pepper-and-salt

[pep-er-uh n-sawlt]

adjective

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

noun

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

the harbinger-of-spring.

Origin of pepper-and-salt

First recorded in 1765–75

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Historical Examples of pepper-and-salt

Pepper-and-salt—A black and white or grayish mixture, effected in weaving.
Textiles and Clothing
Kate Heintz Watson
His suit was pepper-and-salt, and he was just like his suit.
Vignettes Of San Francisco
Almira Bailey
Of course,” said the man, in pepper-and-salt; “who but a pig jobber could have business at Llanfair?
Wild Wales
George Borrow
Lost the one that came with the pepper-and-salt suit you're wearing?
Average Jones
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Maybe that pepper-and-salt pair you said you'd have to give to Jeff.
Missy
Dana Gatlin

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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pepper-and-salt

adjective

noun

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