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salt and pepper adjective white and black US, 1915- “Hell, Boston is full of sailors.” “Yeah, but how many of them are salt and pepper, toting two. 45s in an AWOL bag?” — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 160, 1970
- A salt ’n pepper neighborhood to play in, not too much danger of someone calling the pigs just because a black had been spotted on the block. — Odie Hawkins, Chicago Hustle, p. 165, 1977
- Her hair was done in a salt-and-pepper DA. — Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City, p. 25, 1978
- Salt-and-pepper show: A carnival girl revue featuring both black and white performers. — A.W. Stencell, Girl Show, p. 235, 1999
- He’s sixteen and heading to the Pendulum, the salt and pepper bar, where white guys and black guys go to pick up on each other. — Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed, p. 122, 2002
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