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

It was played by particular request of one of the pepper-and-salt gentry.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches|William Makepeace Thackeray
It was a sort of a pepper-and-salt color with a pencil or streak of black hair extending from the back of the ears.
The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers|Claude A. Labelle
I have bought myself a frightful pepper-and-salt coloured dress, and a black straw hat.
The Devourers|Annie Vivanti Chartres
He was a middle-aged man in pepper-and-salt tweeds, and his manner was brusque and aggressive.
The Eternal City|Hall Caine

The pepper-and-salt tweeds bowed meekly before Roma's flashing eyes.
The Eternal City|Hall Caine

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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