skewbald

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Piebald, skewbald or spavined, Britain's first national campaign in 3� years loped toward this week's Election Day with small enthusiasm.

From Time Magazine Archive

That done, he addressed himself to the skewbald again.

From Dead Souls by Hogarth, D. J.

That skewbald, barin—you might think it well to sell him, seeing that he is nothing but a rascal?

From Dead Souls by Hogarth, D. J.

Among the rarer birds which are now on the market to compensate us may be mentioned the bobolink, the dwarf cassowary, the Bombay duckling and the skewbald fintail.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

They passed a skewbald sign-post crowded with unfamiliar goblin names, and a dry tree from which once depended, Trewhella assured them, the bodies of three notorious smugglers.

From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton