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   piebald

   /ˈpʌɪbɔːld/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a horse) having irregular patches of two colours, typically black and white.

   noun

   • 1. a piebald horse.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from pie2 (because of the magpie's black-and-white plumage) + bald (in the obsolete sense ‘streaked with white’).

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • P

     3

   • I

     1

   • E

     1

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • D

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