piebald

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Connor has created a soft-focus community that reads like a contemporary Grover’s Corners with its quirky assortment of kind adults and its cozy woodland setting populated with songbirds and even a fabled piebald deer.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2022

A woman presented a piebald English bulldog, the Drake mascot, and Harris gamely crouched on the floor, scratching his belly, till the handler excused him, saying, “He smells food.”

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

In spite of honey-and-gold weather, only 26,623 of Ebbets Field’s 32,500 seats were occupied, and there were wide, piebald patches of untented pews in left field.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2019

“The piebald condition is frequently associated with other harmful physical conditions, including skeletal deformities,” according to the game department’s website.

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2018

The young pigs were piebald, and as Napoleon was the only boar on the farm, it was possible to guess at their parentage.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell