striped-pants

English

Noun

striped-pants (plural striped-pants)

1. (slang) A diplomat or civil servant.
   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 12:

     ‘Ring Shallow Throat,’ Craw ordered, now quite furious. ‘Ring every damned striped-pants in the Colony!’