shirt studn.
/ˈʃəːt stʌd/, U.S. /ˈʃərt ˌstəd/ A stud (stud n.1 8) used to fasten a (formal) shirt front.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > shirt > part of > button or stud
shirt button1651
shirt stud1821
collar stud1873
1821 Courier 22 Dec. (advt.) 12 pair pearl shirt studs.
1921 Boston Globe 20 Aug. 2/8 One set of gold shirt studs. One set of mother of pearl shirt studs.
2007 Times 10 Mar. (Body & Soul section) 6/1 He is wearing an impeccable dinner jacket, with diamond shirt studs.
Compounds
shirt-stud abscess n. Medicine (now rare) an abscess having two cavities connected by a sinus.Also called collar-button abscess. [After French abcès en bouton de chemise (1852 or earlier).]
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1854 Dublin Q. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 18 123 A variety of this abscess is what he [sc. Velpeau] calls shirt-stud abscess, a large subcutaneous cavity, which communicates through the gland with a similar deep abscess,—a form very hard to cure.
1928 Lancet 13 Oct. 781/1 Shirt-stud abscess of the palm was seldom recognised; it resulted from a prick in the web.
2002 tr. A. T. Botticelli Experience Best Teacher: Man. Dental Hygiene iv. 147/2 If traditional instruments were used in this situation, it might not be possible to perform adequate treatment in the deepest part of the pocket, and this might create the risk of a shirt-stud abscess.
Derivatives
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shirt-studded1855
1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 265 Noisy, blustering, shirt-studded fellows.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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