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adj. - Having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring.

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  • In colour it was a kind of brindled red, and the hair on its back grew against the lie of the rest of its coat.
  • It is of a bluish colour -- hence the name, and "brindled," or striped along the sides.
  • An 'beside him on the splashboard sat a brindled tarrier pup,
  • There's OTTO, of the brindled beard, RUSSELLIUS swift of tongue,
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