four-striper
Example Sentences
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When a four-striper, Captain Theodore Wirth, said that the Academy has its traditions too, the crowded committee room cheered.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a few minutes the door opened, and through it there stepped a grizzled four-striper.
From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
A portly four-striper took Folsom by one arm.
From The Adventurer by Kornbluth, C. M. (Cyril M.)
He was decorated again and given the battlewagon of an ailing four-striper.
From The Adventurer by Kornbluth, C. M. (Cyril M.)
