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The most junior of the commissioned officers, and is equivalent to Second Lieutenant in the Army and Air Force. The rank insignia of an Acting Sub-Lieutenant is a single standard stripe.
Stripe up is British slang for to con, to cheat, to swindle.
Striper is military slang for an officer who has a stripe or stripes on his uniform, especially in the navy.
n the black-and-white striped pathways drawn across roads where pedestrians have right of way and motorists have to stop if anyone is waiting by them. The phrase has been slightly usurped by the less exciting term “pedestrian crossing.” While this very concept of “it’s alright, on you go, the cars all have to stop” is dangerous enough, a great deal of them are positioned straight after roundabouts where motorists are least likely to be ready for them. I swear these things are part of some sort of population control policy. To make them marginally easier to see, some of them are marked with Belisha Beacons.
Three White Tapes on a Seaman's Collar
On traditional square rig, the three white stripes on the collar are commonly said to commemorate Horatio Nelson's three great battles: the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar. However, it is also said that there is no truth in this. Others say that the three stripes were actually a device to ensure the previous collar with two stripes was no longer used.
A type of nail are where thin stripes are painted starting at the base of the nail and fad out toward (but not at) the tips of the nails to create the resemblance of a waterfall. (Example)
Striped is British slang for cheated, conned, swindled, short−changed.
sky blue pink with yellow dots
Non-existent colour. Also add in the 'trick' words like sky hooks, striped paint, bucket of blue steam, black and white chequered paint for chessboards etc.
n police car. Also “jam butty.” So called because they are white, with a red stripe down the middle, and therefore are almost indistinguishable from a twelve-foot metal jam sandwich.
n, adj plaid. The stripes-and-checkers pattern that Scotsmen use for their kilts but is also used for all sorts of things from throw rugs to tacky seat covers.
Stripes is American slang for a striped prison uniform.
The Lieutenant is naval equivalent to Captain in the Army and Air Force; the rank insignia is two standard stripes. The word is from the French language, lieu, "place"; and tenner, "to hold", and means "one who acts for, or in lieu of, a superior officer."
n pedestrian crossing. An area of the road, marked with black and white stripes, where traffic lights stop cars so that pedestrians can cross. A contraction of “PEdestrian LIght CONtrolled crossing.” Yes, I know that would be “pelicon.” People were stupid back then.
The Lieutenant-Commander is naval equivalent to Major in the Army and Air Force. The rank insignia is two standard stripes with a narrow stripe. In 1875, Lieutenants of eight years' seniority were "frocked", or given the 'half-stripe' of commander, and in 1914 the rank of Lieutenant-Commander was officially established.
Stripe is slang for a scar.
Someone who drives a car imported from an Asian country and has 'improved' it with spoilers, skirts, oversized mag wheels and 'go faster' stripes. Has usually added a sound system more suitable to a nightclub and drives up and down trying to impress girls with the music blaring so loud it damages the hearing of passers-by two streets away. Usually considered to be a sad poser. c.f.. Ricerocket
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The striped bass. See Bass.
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A small freshwater European perch (Acerina vulgaris); -- called also pope, blacktail, and stone, / striped, perch.
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Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
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Striped longitudinally.
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Not striped.
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A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.
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A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs.
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A streak or mark made on the skin by a rod or whip; a stripe; a wheal. See Wheal.
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Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe.
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To mark with wales, or stripes.
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To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.
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Striped; streaked.
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A band, or stripe, of color.
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A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.
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To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.
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The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree (Physocalymna floribunda), much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying.
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The striped bass. See under Bass.
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A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken.
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A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.
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