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Black and Tan

n. pl. Black and Tans

A member of a paramilitary force recruited in Britain and sent to Ireland as part of the Royal Irish Constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921.

[From the color of their uniform.]

Black and Tans

pl n

(Historical Terms) the. a specially recruited armed auxiliary police force sent to Ireland in 1921 by the British Government to combat Sinn Féin

[name suggested by the colour of their uniforms and the Black and Tans hunt in Munster]

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