stripy
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of stripy
Example Sentences
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Models wore dresses and trousers slit at the front or side, stripy jumpsuits and cropped tops with long tight skirts.
From Reuters ● Feb. 14, 2023
Zookeeper Rosie Owen said: "It's so lovely to once again hear the pitter-patter of tiny, spotty and stripy Malayan tapir feet."
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022
Tiger nuts, aka chufa nuts, aka earth almonds, are stripy little tubers originally cultivated in ancient Egypt.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
The animal shares similarities with the common Kukri snake, a stripy, egg-eating reptile that isn’t venomous.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2021
This stripy sad cat is maybe how he feels.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
But the chap cudn', of cou'se; so he called another in breeches just as gay as hes own, on'y stripier; and then for up ten minutes 'twas Dover to pay, all talkers an' no listeners.
From The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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