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striped-pants

striped-pants noun: a diplomat or civil servant.

Noun

striped-pants (plural striped-pants)

  1. (slang) A diplomat or civil servant.
    • ‘Ring Shallow Throat,’ Craw ordered, now quite furious. ‘Ring every damned striped-pants in the Colony!’1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 12

Forms of striped-pants

pluralstriped-pants

Questions about striped-pants

What does striped-pants mean?
Striped-pants means a diplomat or civil servant.
What part of speech is striped-pants?
Striped-pants is a noun.
What is the plural of striped-pants?
The plural of striped-pants is striped-pants.

Words near striped-pants in the dictionary

  1. striped threadfins
  2. striped whipsnake
  3. striped whipsnakes
  4. striped wren-babbler
  5. striped wren-babblers
  6. striped-pants
  7. stripedness
  8. stripedy
  9. stripeless
  10. stripelessness
  11. stripelike

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