Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very thin stripe, especially on a fabric.
- noun A fabric with very thin stripes, often used for suits.
- noun A suit made of such fabric.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A very thin
stripe on afabric - noun Such a fabric
- noun A
suit made of such fabric
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fabric with very thin stripes
- noun a very thin stripe (especially a white stripe on a dark fabric)
- noun a suit made from a fabric with very thin stripes
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Examples
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It was fun, too, watching power brokers in pinstripe suits avert their eyes.
Erica Abeel: WHEN CUTTING OFF YOUR ARM IS THE SOLUTION Erica Abeel 2010
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It was fun, too, watching power brokers in pinstripe suits avert their eyes.
Erica Abeel: WHEN CUTTING OFF YOUR ARM IS THE SOLUTION Erica Abeel 2010
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It was fun, too, watching power brokers in pinstripe suits avert their eyes.
Erica Abeel: When Cutting Off Your Arm Is the Solution Erica Abeel 2010
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It was fun, too, watching power brokers in pinstripe suits avert their eyes.
Erica Abeel: WHEN CUTTING OFF YOUR ARM IS THE SOLUTION Erica Abeel 2010
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It was fun, too, watching power brokers in pinstripe suits avert their eyes.
Erica Abeel: WHEN CUTTING OFF YOUR ARM IS THE SOLUTION Erica Abeel 2010
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It was fun, too, watching power brokers in pinstripe suits avert their eyes.
Erica Abeel: WHEN CUTTING OFF YOUR ARM IS THE SOLUTION Erica Abeel 2010
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A figure, immaculate in pinstripe suit and bowler hat, reclines before a bank of calculating devices - a curious mixture of early Cray mainframes and rococo, hand-carved wooden cases which look like they have been ripped from the organ gallery of a cathedral.
Magnificent headline amuchmoreexotic 2005
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A figure, immaculate in pinstripe suit and bowler hat, reclines before a bank of calculating devices - a curious mixture of early Cray mainframes and rococo, hand-carved wooden cases which look like they have been ripped from the organ gallery of a cathedral.
amuchmoreexotic: Magnificent headline amuchmoreexotic 2005
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In this corner, in pinstripe trunks, the Noo Yawk Yankees.
Cover story 1999
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The rule doesn't state how wide the line has to be though, and so I bet it is a "pinstripe" line that is really only able to be seen by the players on the court.
Uni Watch Paul Lukas 2010
Prolagus commented on the word pinstripe
Song quotation on lapel.
November 8, 2010