Black and Tan

Definitions of Black and Tan
  1. noun
    an English recruit (who wore a uniform that was black and tan) serving in the Irish constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921
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    type of:
    military recruit, recruit
    a recently enlisted soldier
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