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/pˈɛpər-ənd-sɔlt/ Listen

Pepper-and-salt

noun

A fabric woven with flecks of light and dark.

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"Pepper-and-salt" Quotes from Famous Books

... harmonises with the mud—the peculiar pepper-and-salt which is warranted not to grow gray with age—the indescribable mixtures, which have evidently been compounded for the sake of economy, must ever be exiled from the wardrobe and legs ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various

... husband could receive him. But as the thought occurred to her he passed out of sight behind a pyramidal yew, and at the same moment her attention was distracted by the approach of the gardener, attended by the bearded pepper-and-salt figure ...

— The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 2 (of 10) • Edith Wharton

... so good to you, I ought not to say; but he was a powerful, grim-looking man, with fierce eyes and a thick mustache, and hair almost pepper-and-salt; and bless your soul, honey! his shoulders were as broad as a barn-door. While he talked I didn't like his countenance, it was dark like a pirate's, or one of those prowling cattle-thieves over in the coves. He asked a power of questions about you and your ...

— St. Elmo • Augusta J. Evans

Words linked to "Pepper-and-salt" : textile, fabric, material, cloth