pinstripe
noun /ˈpɪn.straɪp/Definition
› [U] a usually dark cloth with a pattern of narrow, usually pale, parallel lines: He was wearing a pinstripe suit.Textiles made from natural fibres pinstripes [plural] › suits made of pinstriped cloth: She watched the businessmen walk past in their pinstripes.Clothes which cover most of the body pinstriped /-straɪpt/ adjective Patterns and shapesThe style, appearance, and make-up of clothes
(Definition of pinstripe noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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