Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
pepper-and-salt [pep-er-uh n-sawlt] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- composed of a fine mixture of black with white: pepper-and-salt hair.
noun
- an apparel fabric having a pepper-and-salt effect.
- the harbinger-of-spring.
Origin of pepper-and-salt First recorded in 1765–75 Examples from the Web for pepper-and-salt Historical Examples of pepper-and-salt
Pepper-and-salt—A black and white or grayish mixture, effected in weaving.
Kate Heintz Watson
His suit was pepper-and-salt, and he was just like his suit.
Almira Bailey
Of course,” said the man, in pepper-and-salt; “who but a pig jobber could have business at Llanfair?
George Borrow
Lost the one that came with the pepper-and-salt suit you’re wearing?
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Maybe that pepper-and-salt pair you said you’d have to give to Jeff.
Dana Gatlin
British Dictionary definitions for pepper-and-salt pepper-and-salt adjective
- (of cloth) marked with a fine mixture of black and white
- (of hair) streaked with grey