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Grammar : Noun
Spell : strahyp
Phonetic Transcription : straɪp

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Définition of stripes

Origin :
  • "a line or band in cloth," 1620s (but probably much older), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stripe "stripe, streak," from Proto-Germanic *stripanan (cf. Danish stribe "a striped fabric," German Streifen "stripe"), cognate with Old Irish sriab "stripe," from PIE root *streig- (see strigil). Of soldiers' chevrons, badges, etc., attested from 1827.
  • noun line, strip
Example sentences :
  • There was black-and-white paint on his body; the stripes of the Koshare do not come off easily.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Billy is out of the hospital and wearing my old sergeant's stripes.
  • Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
  • Here, in the bush, all our tools come from the land of the Stars and Stripes.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • I found these specimens in the same locality with the B. stripes.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • From the top the stars and stripes had been broken to the breeze.
  • Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • The Stars and Stripes crumpled up and fluttered down the wind.
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
  • No one,” said the Queen, “would dare to fire on the Stars and Stripes.
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
  • The stripes are to be repeated successively, until the bag is completed.
  • Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous
  • Repeat these stripes as many times as are requisite, and crochet up the sides.
  • Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous
  • Razumov went on studying the stripes on the grey fur of the cat.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad

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