chalk-stripe

chalk-stripe
chalk-stripe [chôk′strīp΄]
n.
1. a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
2. a pattern of such stripes in parallel

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Universalium. 2010.

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