stripes

Those that earned their stripes by going to prison and taking the case are the ones that are admired.

Now I'd earned my stripes and I was just like them, and I realized it wasn't what I wanted at all.

The sanctimonious, the puritans of all stripes, and the killjoys in general raise the issue annually.

Like countless other boys in Massapequa, he had a crew cut and wore Keds sneakers and T-shirts with horizontal stripes.

The giant retailer is realizing its dream of getting into the banking business, which should terrify populists of all stripes.

Say, old-timer, is it right about Mac losing his stripes and getting thirty days in the cooler?

He turned his arm so that we could see the ripped stitching where his sergeant's stripes had been cut away.

Therefore shall Moab howl to Moab, every one shall howl: to them that rejoice upon the brick walls, tell ye their stripes.

For about thirty feet from the ground this was painted in coloured stripes very much like a barber's pole.

When the orange-and-red banner was actually replaced by the Stars and Stripes, many in the crowd shed tears.