striped-pants
English
Noun
striped-pants (plural striped-pants)
- (slang) A diplomat or civil servant.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 12:
- ‘Ring Shallow Throat,’ Craw ordered, now quite furious. ‘Ring every damned striped-pants in the Colony!’
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 12: