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Meanings of stripes in English

V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service.

Usage of stripes in English
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While the young animal had stripes, they barely covered her brown body.
The South African
2
Freedom of conscience for Dissenters of all stripes-almost-justasWilkins wanted it.
Quicksilver
3
Lutha had let Ki see the stripes on his back that morning.
Oracle's Queen
4
Our captain displayed the stars and stripes in true ship-shape cordial greeting.
Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1
5
I made them of the nicest rags, and braided them in stripes.
Anne's House of Dreams
6
A hand reaches for it; we see the stripes on the sleeve.
Once upon a time in America
7
A long floor goes in stripes as far as the distant door.
Light
8
The texture was solid smoke and the stripes were shafts of moonlight.
Balloons
9
Americans of all stripes are abandoning organized religion at a brisk pace.
Reuters
10
But the stripes appear most frequently on the various kinds of duns.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
11
The stars and stripes were hoisted upon the pole, and wildly cheered.
A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. B...
12
It is, in fact, a tabby without the black stripes or spots.
Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others
13
She was painted in stripes of all colors above her green bottom.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877
14
There's a revolution afoot, and you will know it by the stripes.
Wired
15
The pattern and design are light stripes and checks of small dimensions.
Textiles, for Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools ...
16
The men tatu but rarely, and then with stripes down the arms.
The Pagan Tribes of Borneo / A Description of Their Physical Mor...
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Stripes through the time
Stripes across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common