Meanings
adjectivetri-colored (not comparable)
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of tricolored.
The pikes were decorated with the tri-colored ribbons.
1792 May 4, Evening Mail, number 499, London, column 32 more examples
Runey left Havre, that the tri-colored flag was diſplayed from the tower and ſteeples of Oſtend[…]
1793 December 9, The Farmer’s Library: Or, Vermont Political & Historical Register, volume I, number 37, column 4PARTI YORKIE puppy, APR, male, tri-colored, 6 weeks old. Very tiny. 1.1 lb. $900; Shih Tzu, AKC male, 4 weeks old, tri-colored, $750.
2021 October 21, “Classifieds”, in Quad-City Times, volume 166, number 8, Davenport, Iowa, page B12
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