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  • noun Plural form of stripe.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stripe.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service

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Examples

  • I never will forget long as I live, a hickory stripe -- (that's what they called stripes in them days) -- dress they made me, it had brass buttons at the wrist bands.

    Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

  • I've learned to appreciate the idea of peeling asparagus, some times in 'stripes'.

    Lemon Lovers' Roasted Asparagus ♥ | A Veggie Venture 2006

  • Hi, at the home jersey the red part arround the yellow stripes is now blue like the rest of the sleeve. greetings

    Real Salt Lake 2009/2010 team kits Azmie aka switch image 2009

  • Blue star of fighting anus leak blood into thin stripes down white legs.

    Terrorist sympathy 2009

  • The Palmeiras away green socks without three adidas stripes is completed with the words "SEP" (Sociedade Esportivo Palmeiras) and the adidas logo in yellow green.

    S.E. Palmeiras 2009-10 home kits Azmie aka switch image 2009

  • The Palmeiras away green socks without three adidas stripes is completed with the words "SEP" (Sociedade Esportivo Palmeiras) and the adidas logo in yellow green.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Azmie aka switch image 2009

  • Blue star of fighting anus leak blood into thin stripes down white legs.

    fourfour: 2009

  • The Palmeiras away green socks without three adidas stripes is completed with the words "SEP" (Sociedade Esportivo Palmeiras) and the adidas logo in yellow green.

    S.E. Palmeiras 2008-09 away kits Azmie aka switch image 2009

  • The men in stripes worked a shorter day than I at my machine.

    Chapter 7 2010

  • The Palmeiras away green socks without three adidas stripes is completed with the words "SEP" (Sociedade Esportivo Palmeiras) and the adidas logo in yellow green.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Azmie aka switch image 2009

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