Black and Tans
See also: black-and-tans and black and tans
English
Etymology
From the colours of their uniforms.
Noun
Black and Tans
- (plurale tantum) Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force, which was one of two paramilitary forces employed by the Royal Irish Constabulary from 1920 to 1921, to suppress revolution in Ireland.
- (rare) plural of Black and Tan
See also
- black and tan (drink)
- Tans