Meaning of salt-and-pepper | Babel Free

Definitions

Having a color pattern resembling many small speckles of black and white.

Examples

“salt-and-pepper hair”

“fabric with a salt-and-pepper pattern”

“In the Chop House he ran into young Will Hamilton, looking pretty prosperous in a salt and pepper business suit.”

“A mild infestation gives trees and shrubbery a mottled or salt-and-pepper appearance; with a heavy mite population, foliage turns yellow and falls.”

“He observed himself staring through the avocado leaves, a gray-haired old man with thick salt-and-pepper sideburns and jealous eyes.”

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