Salt-and-pepper

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a color pattern resembling many small speckles of black and white.

    "salt-and-pepper hair"

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raven haired

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"He's a mid-40s white male with glasses and salt-and-pepper hair."

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