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Definition of Stripey
1. stripy [adj STRIPIER, STRIPIEST] - See also: stripy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stripey
Literary usage of Stripey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Californian Illustrated Magazine by Charles Frederick Holder, Edward James Livernash (1893)
"Did you see him before you scud, stripey? He's got a good face, haint he? ...
He explained to stripey —" We must keep the room clean for Mary, little feller ..."
2. Ornament & Its Application: A Book for Students, Treating in a Practical Way by Lewis Foreman Day (1904)
"... which resulted when a series of such panels were put together, corrected the
stripey appearance which would have resulted from such long panels. ..."
3. Ornament & Its Application: A Book for Students, Treating in a Practical Way by Lewis Foreman Day (1904)
"... corrected the stripey appearance which would have resulted from such long panels.
Something of the same kind was done by the joiner and carver together ..."
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