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Definition of Pinstriped
1. Adjective. Having very thin stripes.
Definition of Pinstriped
1. Adjective. (context: of fabric) Having pinstripes ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a suit) Made from such fabric ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinstriped
Literary usage of Pinstriped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How it was: Four Years Among the Rebels by Julia Morgan (1892)
"... It was pinstriped, blue and white, made of fine thread, heavier than gingham.
I made a dress each for my two girls and two nieces. ..."
2. 0,10: The Last Futurist Exhibition of Painting by Linda S. Boersma (1994)
"Perhaps the photo was taken on the day of the opening: Malevich sits there looking
large and ill at ease in an immaculate pinstriped suit. ..."
3. Tomorrow's Women by Helen Wilkinson, Melanie Howard (1997)
"This masculinisation was particularly visible in the power dressing, pinstriped
suits of the 1980s, and in the joke about Margaret Thatcher: that she was ..."
4. Hackoff.com: An Historic Murder Mystery Set in the Internet Bubble and Rubble by Tom Evslin (2006)
"On the way up, Donna reaches down and rubs Larry's balls through his pinstriped
pants. Not only is this very amusing to the patrons of the third floor bar, ..."
5. Phantasmagoria by Montgomery Hughes, David Atkinson (2006)
"Or their impeccable pinstriped suits. Or their blue shirts with white collars,
and red braces. I laughed at the way they walked, as if they were the most ..."
6. National Performance Review: From Red Tape to Results: Creating a Government by Albert Gore, Jr (1994)
"Safe Haven The grunt work of football is not unlike Most Americans associate the
State Department only with pinstriped suits and stuffy diplomacy. ..."
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