单词 | stripey |
释义 | stripeyn. 1. Naval slang. A long-service able seaman; one with good-conduct stripes. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] > long-service man stripey1942 1942 Gen 1 May 42/1 ‘What's the buzz, Stripey?’.. ‘Dunno,’ curtly responded the Bosun's Mate. 1945 ‘Tackline’ Holiday Sailor i. 8 Stripey was a small, middle-aged A.B. 1977 Navy News Feb. 18/3 H.M.S. Tartar has no fewer than eight ‘stripeys’ among the junior rates on board. 2. South African. Also stripie. = strepie n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > sarpa salpa (striped karanteen) karanteen1905 bamboo-fish1913 stink-fish1913 strepie1913 stripey1964 1964 A. Trew Smoke Island viii. 133 Ezekiel was fishing in a deep pool; at his side were four or five mullet and as many ‘stripeys’. 1969 Guardian 8 Mar. 7/6 I glimpsed his outstretched pectoral fins for a moment and saw the flash of purple. He was a stripie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1942 |
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