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

She also recommends the banana split shake: strawberry, chocolate, and a mashed banana.
The Most American Pit Stop in the U.S.A.|Jane & Michael Stern|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The star is the cream itself, as opulent as crème fraiche, with vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, etc., serving as a sort of halo.
The Secret to This Ice Cream: Pampered Cows|Jane & Michael Stern|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He loved that idea, and suggested a potluck dinner of sushi and strawberry smoothies and readings from our favorite books.
My Post-Ultra-Orthodox Wedding|Leah Vincent|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The town is also recognized internationally for its Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival.
The Satanic Child Sex Abuse Case That May Have Inspired ‘True Detective’|Steven Ward|March 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Or perhaps the plague of Strawberry Quick-flavored meth that was luring children into a life of addiction and penury.
Parents Panic Over Old Fake Smarties Snorting Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If you're born there people never forget it; it sticks to you like a strawberry mark on the end of your nose.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Last evening we had walked round the strawberry-beds that fringed the whole acre and tasted a few just ripe.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
We loaded up our compartment with six bottles of strawberry selzer, as we were more thirsty than hungry.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian
And "how Lem Wheeler, while out hunting that roan steer o' hisn, had heard a moanin' an' a wailin' under the bluff."
The Shepherd of the Hills|Harold Bell Wright
They saw a number of ponies tied at one end of the camp, and among them they identified the piebald and the roan.
Three Sioux Scouts|Elmer Russell Gregor