skewbald

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Piebald, skewbald or spavined, Britain's first national campaign in 3� years loped toward this week's Election Day with small enthusiasm.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile the skewbald snuffed curiously at his new acquaintances as they stood planted on either side of him; while the ladies in the vehicle regarded the scene with an expression of terror.

From Dead Souls by Hogarth, D. J.

It's this cantankerous skewbald that started the tantrum.

From Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle by Ford, Sewell

Outside the station was a carriage with four horses, a piebald, a skewbald, a white, and another horse that seemed to have set out in life with a determination to be pink.

From Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George

But the doctor had proved invincible, as had the Yellow-Knife scout on his skewbald pony, which, for all its meanness of shape and size, had stood up to it all.

From The Heart of Unaga by Cullum, Ridgwell