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pinstripe

 noun
     
Related topics: Clothes and Fashion
pin‧stripe [countable]
1DC one of the thin pale lines that form a pattern on cloth against a darker background
2DCC

pinstripe suit

a suit made from cloth with a pinstripe pattern, worn especially by business people:
a navy-blue pinstripe suit
—pin-striped adjective
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