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Black and Tans
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black-and-tans black and tans
English
Etymology
From the colours of their uniforms.
Noun
en noun form Black and Tans
(plurale tantum) Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force, which was one of two paramilitary forces employed by the Royal Irish Constabulary from 1920 to 1921, to suppress revolution in Ireland.
en rare en Black and Tan
See also
en black and tan (drink)
en Tans