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Definition of Pinstripe
1. Noun. A suit made from a fabric with very thin stripes.
2. Noun. A fabric with very thin stripes.
3. Noun. A very thin stripe (especially a white stripe on a dark fabric).
Definition of Pinstripe
1. Noun. A very thin stripe on a fabric ¹
2. Noun. Such a fabric ¹
3. Noun. A suit made of such fabric ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pinstripe
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinstripe
Literary usage of Pinstripe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 54 by Wu Ming (2005)
"Combed wool, grey pinstripe, two buttons, waistcoat, probably Anderson and
Sheppard, and their shirts had the unmistakable cut of Turnbull and Asser on ..."
2. Neglected Defense: Mobilizing the Private Sector to Support Homeland Security by Stephen E. Flynn, Daniel B. Prieto (2006)
"Gray-haired executives traded in pinstripe suits for uniforms to organize our
defenses at home; factories stopped making cars and started making weapons and ..."
3. Monarchies: What are King and Queens For? by Tom Bentley, James Wilsdon (2002)
"In Puff Daddy's penchant for overly large coats of white fur, worn over pinstripe
suits or leather jackets even in summer, we find a reminder of the ..."
4. Sowboy by Richard Connelly Miller (2003)
"It's a dark Brown pinstripe costume to wear on stage, as required By my part in
the play announced in the dramatis personae of the play-Bill on my office ..."
5. Advanced Demolition Legion: The ADL in Action by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"The Dershowitz defense of Milken let slip a very important secret: Milken and
his Wall Street allies had replaced the pinstripe-suited and ..."
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