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four-striper
[fawr-strahy-per, fohr-]
noun
a captain in the U.S. Navy.
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A recent convert to baseball, Four-Striper McClure is now a rabid fan.
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When a four-striper, Captain Theodore Wirth, said that the Academy has its traditions too, the crowded committee room cheered.
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"Mr. Secretary," the four-striper argued in his statement, "what all of your officers will demand to know is just how in hell this could happen in the United States Navy."
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He was decorated again and given the battlewagon of an ailing four-striper.
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A portly four-striper took Folsom by one arm.
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