Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a fine mixture of black and white.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a color pattern resembling many small
speckles of black and white.
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Examples
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Hello to a head-full of glorious gray and all its variations ... from salt-and-pepper to silvery white.
Pamela Tom: Go Gray and Go for Broke Pamela Tom 2011
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Hello to a head-full of glorious gray and all its variations ... from salt-and-pepper to silvery white.
Pamela Tom: Go Gray and Go for Broke Pamela Tom 2011
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He lent that soft hand to khakis, which felt silky, and to salt-and-pepper tweed jackets, which, with their surprising softness, felt like light cardigans.
Mixed Media: Resort Wear from Denim to Floral Ray A. Smith 2011
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Hello to a head-full of glorious gray and all its variations ... from salt-and-pepper to silvery white.
Pamela Tom: Go Gray and Go for Broke Pamela Tom 2011
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The San Pablo jumper was a forty-year-old man with a well-chiseled face, strong eyebrows, taut skin and overgrown well-kept salt-and-pepper hair.
Dreamseller: The Calling Augusto Cury 2011
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Her salt-and-pepper hair was combed flat against her head this morning and covered by a black baseball cap.
A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011
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He wore a military uniform and sported a salt-and-pepper buzz cut.
Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011
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"I'm not hung up on that number," says Burton, whose tousled salt-and-pepper hair and red cheeks are evidence of the morning snowboard run from which he's just returned.
Jake Burton puts his personal stamp on Burton Snowboards 2010
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She was in her early fifties, Lucy would guess, but her salt-and-pepper hair and a few extra pounds made her look a bit older.
A Stitch Before Dying Anne Canadeo 2011
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Hello to a head-full of glorious gray and all its variations ... from salt-and-pepper to silvery white.
Pamela Tom: Go Gray and Go for Broke Pamela Tom 2011
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