Pinstriper (1949)

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The June OED has 1959 for "pin-striper." "Pinstriper" is at least  1949 on
Newspaperarchive, and I didn't look at The Sporting News (because I no  longer
subscribe).
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Newspaperarchive went down on me once for this search. There are two  more
"pin-stripers" in a 1958 Winnipeg publication, but it's not the first  cite so
it's not worth the trouble.
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(Oxford English Dictionary)
pinstriper, n.
2. A person who wears pinstriped clothing; spec.  (a) a player in the New
York Yankees baseball team;  (b) a businessman or businesswoman, esp. one
belonging a prominent corporate company. Cf. _PINSTRIPE_
(http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/crossref?query_type=word&queryword=pinstriper&first=1&max_to_show=10&single
=1&sort_type=alpha&xrefword=pinstripe&ps=n.)  n. 3.
1959  Los Angeles Times 13 Apr.  IV. 7  (headline) Future Pin-Stripers.
Quartet of Rookies  Fighting for Place on Yankee Roster. 1979  Washington Post 17
Apr.  B1/3 A reminder that not all lawyers are corporate pin-stripers, that
some of them choose to challenge the system rather than serve it.
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30 June 1949, Walla Walla (WA) <i>Union-Bulletin</i>,  pg. 17:
Not only did the pin-stripers get a lot of publicity out of the  bad heel,
but an insufferable amount from Joe's (DiMaggio -- ed.) point of  view, but
since he has returned to the lineup, they will not only get the  publicity, but
customers will come a running to see how many more home runs he  is going to hit.
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7 April 1959, <i>Daily Review</i> (Hayward, CA), pg.  10:
There was a rosier day eight years ago when Ed, then the pride of  Jefferson
High School in nearby Daly City, signed up with the bronx pinstripers  for
that nice bonus.
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13 April 1959, Los Angeles <i>Times</i>,  pg. C7:
<i>FUTURE PIN-STRIPERS</i>
<i>Quartet of Rookies  Fighting</i>
<i>for Place on Yankee Roster</i>

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