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service stripe

noun

Military.
  1. a stripe worn on the left sleeve by an enlisted person to indicate a specific period of time served on active duty.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of service stripe1

First recorded in 1915–20
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He saw the service stripes and the two medals on the breast, and his eyes brightened.

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He’d have a grosbeak ‘skun a mile’!” gasped Stud, following the direction of her glance, with a virtuous consciousness of his own cave-soiled khaki, moderately lit by merit badge and service stripe.

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“No,” he replied gratefully, “it’s a service stripe.”

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About the mascot's chest the Wildcat adjusted the O.D. shirt with its three service stripes.

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Mother wailed that all the deck-chairs had been taken; Father found mountains of chairs and flipped a couple of them open as though he were a steward with service stripes.

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