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service stripe

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service stripe
n.
1. A stripe worn on an enlisted person's sleeve to indicate a specific term of military service.
2. A stripe worn on the sleeve of the uniform of a bus driver, for example, to indicate years of seniority.
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Noun1.service stripeservice stripe - an insignia worn to indicate years of service
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insignia - a badge worn to show official position


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He wore a good service stripe upon his cheek, for on one side it was pitted and scarred where a spurt of gravel knocked up by a round-shot had struck him thirty years before, when he served in the Lancaster gun-battery.
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