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Meanings of stripy in English

Marked or decorated with stripes.

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Examples for "striped"
1
The pantaloons were striped; the shirt was striped; the cap was striped.
The Twin Hells / A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and...
2
The figure was dressed in the coarse striped suit of a convict.
A Texas Ranger
3
Here are the spotted hyaena, with its young; and the striped hyaena.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
4
The first horse-like creatures were probably striped in much the same way.
The Tree-Dwellers
5
Among striped sawhorses and barricades, the absence of dedication was particularly noticeable.
The new yorker
Usage of stripy in English
1
Five to one I would have wonderful stripy bruises the next day.
Summer knight
2
The robe was better than his stripy pyjamas, but not by much.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
3
Oh look, a woman in a stripy hat walking a champagne poodle.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
4
Molly was wiping her eyes on the sleeve of her stripy nightshirt.
Death Mask
5
Others might opt for berets and stripy t-shirts in honour of their hosts.
The Irish Times
6
I was wearing a stripy brown T-shirt, and brown corduroy trousers.
Smoke and mirrors: short fictions and illusions
7
A few metal tables stood in front beneath a stripy awning.
Mortal Engines
8
This not your nana's stripy, red and white folding deck chair.
Radio NZ
9
Maybe even Father Ernest in a stripy ethnic hat, in from Lima via Amsterdam.
The gathering
10
They resembled thrushes in size and had similar stripy breasts and longish straight tails.
The Irish Times
11
He's from a horse and one of those stripy donkeys I heard about once.
Dreamsnake
12
He does seem to have been attracted to stripy flags.
The Guardian
13
Or lives in a bedroom decorated with stripy maroon wallpaper?
The Guardian
14
Helen has got on "a very lovely uniform" and pink stripy socks.
The Guardian
15
These things buckle over the stripy socks and- Ihope-helptokeep the wretched things up.
Conrad’s Fate
16
Their colour range includes many shades of mauve and purple, as well as stripy ones.
The Guardian
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