two-tone
Americanadjective
adjective
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of two colours or two shades of the same colour
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(esp of sirens, car horns, etc) producing or consisting of two notes
Etymology
Origin of two-tone
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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But witnesses described seeing a thin, dark-haired man wearing a two-tone blue puffer jacket exiting the driver's seat and running from the scene.
From BBC
To make matters worse, the plant’s store of alarm pocket dosimeters, which let out a high-pitched two-tone alarm if the radiation level climbs too quickly, was largely wiped out by the tsunami.
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She described clothes worn by the suspect at the time as "a two-tone grey jacket, dark on the body and light on the arms, black cargo trousers and flip-flops".
From BBC
I missed punk because I was too young, but two-tone ska, I got into that big time.
From Los Angeles Times
She’s wearing an oversize salmon-colored dress shirt and extra-baggy jeans; Finneas, in a two-tone polo, has his feet propped on a coffee table.
From Los Angeles Times
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