brindle
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Today, the only people in the lobby are a group of women with a brindle dachshund who are comparing enneagrams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
Stewart followed by sharing a "moment of zen" — a video clip of Dipper, a brindle pitbull mix, romping around in the snow.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2024
On the page, the bulldog — a gray brindle with a white chest and green eyes — is pictured with a small child and a wrapped Christmas present.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2022
Jean took a liking to the brindle pit bull, which was too young to be left in a shelter cage until the storm passed, and knew he needed to find the animal a home.
From Fox News ● Sep. 4, 2019
The family sat huddled around the only table in the house, with Dusty, their brindle hound, curled underneath.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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After these divisions are made there are always some "off" horses, such as roans and browns, which are put into a lot by themselves and called the "brindles."
From George at the Fort Life Among the Soldiers by Harry Castlemon
Breed first to mahogany brindles, and bitches from this union to seal brindles.
From The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog by Edward Axtell
Trimont Roman Champion Lord Derby Remember, in closing this chapter, that as “eternal vigilance is the price of liberty,” so the eternal admixtures of colors is the price of rich brindles.
From The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog by Edward Axtell
This system is used indefinitely and desirable seal brindles with white markings can thus be always obtained.
From The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog by Edward Axtell
A drove of oxen came down the road, two brindles leading the way.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach