полосатый

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Russian

Etymology

From полоса́ (polosá, stripe).

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Adjective

полоса́тый (polosátyj)

  1. striped, stripy
    • 1926, Владимир Набоков, chapter V, in Машенька; English translation from Michael Glenny in collaboration with the author, transl., Mary, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970:
      Это был старый господин с желтоватыми усами, подстриженными на английский манер, солидный, очень опрятно одетый, в сюртуке и полосатых штанах…
      Eto byl staryj gospodin s želtovatymi usami, podstrižennymi na anglijskij maner, solidnyj, očenʹ oprjatno odetyj, v sjurtuke i polosatyx štanax…
      He was an old gentleman with a sandy moustache clipped in the English fashion, very dependable-looking, very dapper in his frock coat and striped trousers.

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