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striper

[ strahy-per ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. Military.
    1. a naval officer whose uniform sleeve displays stripes: stripe:

      a four-striper.

    2. an enlisted person of any of the armed services whose sleeve displays stripes stripe denoting years of service:

      a six-striper.



striper

/ ˈstraɪpə /

noun

  1. slang.
    military an officer who has a stripe or stripes on his uniform, esp in the navy

    a two-striper (lieutenant)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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As the work went on, a pin-striper from Mercedes Benz was brought in to restore the original detailing.

A kind person, she had volunteered as a “candy-striper” in a hospital.

If he were a green striper, he would refuse to accept anything that did not bear a green stripe on its ticket.

In a few minutes the door opened, and through it there stepped a grizzled four-striper.

The striper should provide himself with a dust-proof metal box in which to store his pencil equipment.

The pencil equipment is properly a matter of the first concern to the striper.

The striper should be provided with at least four different sizes of pencils.

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