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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Royal Irish Constabulary Reserve Force, which was one of two paramilitary forces employed by the Royal Irish Constabulary from 1920 to 1921, to suppress revolution in Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
plural of Black and Tan
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural, rare
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History
From the colours of their uniforms.
