strawberry roan

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noun

a horse with a reddish coat that is liberally flecked with white hairs.

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Origin of strawberry roan

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby strawberry roan

strawberry dish, strawberry geranium, strawberry guava, strawberry mark, strawberry-raspberry, strawberry roan, strawberry tomato, strawberry tree, strawboard, straw boss, straw color

How to use strawberry roan in a sentence

An outrider, dressed in green and gold, and holding a big whip, rode in on a huge strawberry-roan horse.
The Near East|Robert Hichens
She was going to send the strawberry roan back hitched behind the supply wagon.
The Girl from Sunset Ranch|Amy Bell Marlowe
The only thing about it that fits is the color scheme; Poppy was a red-and-white cow, or rather a kind of strawberry roan.
The Smiling Hill-Top|Julia M. Sloane
The three judges, men with whips and long-tailed coats, looked earnestly at the strawberry roan.
Horses Nine|Sewell Ford

Being a high-bred hackney, and the pick of the Sir Bardolph three-year-olds, he was put down as a strawberry roan.
Horses Nine|Sewell Ford