chalk stripe
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chalk stripe
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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The body is a dark black, and the wheels are of the same rich colour, slightly picked out here and there with a chalk stripe.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841 by Various
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