BLACK AND TANS meaning: Irish conflict, British paramilitary force

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black and tans: Merriam-Webster
Black and Tans: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
Black and Tans, the Black and Tans: Collins English Dictionary
Black and Tans, black-and-tans, black and tans: Wiktionary
Black and Tans: Dictionary.com
Black and Tans, Black and tans: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Black and Tans: TheFreeDictionary.com
black and tans: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Black and Tans: Encyclopedia

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black and tans: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
black and tans: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Black and Tans)

▸ noun: (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.

Opposite:

cream, beige, ivory, white

Phrases:

Come Out, Ye Black and Tans, more...

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