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

The skewbald Cappadocian mistook that for a signal to exert himself and for a minute there were ructions while his master reined him in.

From Caesar Dies by Mundy, Talbot

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

Five was a skewbald cat and four a plum cake.

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton

I first made Billy's acquaintance in the Row, where a capable groom was teaching him to ride a very small skewbald pony.

From The Delectable Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir