four-striper
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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When a four-striper, Captain Theodore Wirth, said that the Academy has its traditions too, the crowded committee room cheered.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was decorated again and given the battlewagon of an ailing four-striper.
From The Adventurer by Kornbluth, C. M. (Cyril M.)
A portly four-striper took Folsom by one arm.
From The Adventurer by Kornbluth, C. M. (Cyril M.)
In a few minutes the door opened, and through it there stepped a grizzled four-striper.
From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
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