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two-tone
[ too-tohn ]
adjective
- having two colors or two shades of the same color:
a two-tone automobile.
two-tone
adjective
- of two colours or two shades of the same colour
- (esp of sirens, car horns, etc) producing or consisting of two notes
Word History and Origins
Origin of two-tone1
Example Sentences
He dresses tackily, in double breasted blazers, two-tone dress shirts, and gold ties.
Chanel recently sent models down the runway with geometric, two-tone manicures.
The two-tone frock accented her rose-colored pumps and highlighted her perfectly coiffed bob and hip silver manicure.
One of them (the dog, not owner) was two-tone, with a chartreuse mane and red ears.
Within the first month they were together, Flemmi bought Di Silva a two-tone Cadillac and showered her with jewelry.
That present snap of two-tone complaint suggested that the land was empty of strangers.
It is a two-tone, two-colored car, blue body and a cream-colored trim, which extends across the hood.
The Sirian wore a pince-nez, a dignified two-piece jumper in a charcoal color, sedate two-tone boots and a black string-tie.
A two-tone "Y-es" with the second unit high-pitched suggests the very opposite of plain "Yes."
Hers—long, heavy, meticulously middle-parted and dressed—was a startling two-tone job.
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