“pin、striper”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

pin-striper

释义

ˈpin-ˌstriper, n. Chiefly U.S.
[f. pin-stripe n. + -er¹.]
One who wears pin-striped clothing; spec. (a) a player in the New York Yankees baseball team; (b) a businessman or -woman, esp. in a large city company. Cf. *pin-stripe n. b.
1975Daily News (N.Y.) 16 Apr. 77/2 He won't be the only pinstriper getting booed.1978Washington Post 10 Oct. d1/5 After completing one of the three greatest comebacks in history, the Yankees have made themselves hard to hate. The pinstripers as underdogs? For once, that may be the case.1979Ibid. 17 Apr. b1/3 A reminder that not all lawyers are corporate pin-stripers, that some of them choose to challenge the system rather than serve it.1984Christian Science Monitor 21 Aug. 19/3 George Steinbrenner has spent millions upon millions on his New York Yankees. The pin-stripers are three deep in millionaires at every position except the one that counts the most—pitcher.1988Financial Times 22 June 13/6 Behind him, 23 pin-stripers of either sex were waiting to buy their ticket.

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