stripeyn.
/ˈstrʌɪpi/ 1. Naval slang. A long-service able seaman; one with good-conduct stripes.
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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.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > family Sparidae (sea-breams) > [noun] > sarpa salpa (striped karanteen)
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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.
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