dress shirt

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noun

a man's shirt worn for formal or semiformal evening dress, usually having French cuffs and a stiff or pleated front to be fastened with studs.

a man's shirt, buttoning down the front and typically having long sleeves with barrel or French cuffs, and a soft or starched collar, worn with a necktie.

Compare sport shirt.

Origin of dress shirt

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby dress shirt

dressmaker, dressoir, dress parade, dress rehearsal, dress shield, dress shirt, dress suit, dress uniform, dress-up, dressy, dressy casual

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Example sentences from the Web for dress shirt

I rather delight in lolling around in a dress-shirt; it looks so like the pictures we see in the fashionable novels.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X)|Various
"Robert Browning," replied the lady, with a look of scorn, and the dress-shirt sank again.
Miss Primrose|Roy Rolfe Gilson
I've got on your dress-shirt—— Made me look more like a ghost.
Ann Arbor Tales|Karl Edwin Harriman
At present his raiment is a disgrace, and he wears a dress-shirt like a crumpled sheet of the Pioneer.
Under the Deodars|Rudyard Kipling

That is not a star on his chest, but a diamond pig, rampant on a field of dress-shirt.
The Main Chance|Meredith Nicholson

British Dictionary definitions for dress shirt

dress shirt

noun

a man's shirt, usually white, worn as part of formal evening dress, usually having a stiffened or decorative front

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单词	dress shirt
释义	dress shirt SEE SYNONYMS FOR dress shirt ON THESAURUS.COM noun a man's shirt worn for formal or semiformal evening dress, usually having French cuffs and a stiff or pleated front to be fastened with studs. a man's shirt, buttoning down the front and typically having long sleeves with barrel or French cuffs, and a soft or starched collar, worn with a necktie. Compare sport shirt. Origin of dress shirt First recorded in 1890–95 Words nearby dress shirt dressmaker, dressoir, dress parade, dress rehearsal, dress shield, dress shirt, dress suit, dress uniform, dress-up, dressy, dressy casual Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dress shirt I rather delight in lolling around in a dress-shirt; it looks so like the pictures we see in the fashionable novels. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X)\|Various "Robert Browning," replied the lady, with a look of scorn, and the dress-shirt sank again. Miss Primrose\|Roy Rolfe Gilson I've got on your dress-shirt—— Made me look more like a ghost. Ann Arbor Tales\|Karl Edwin Harriman At present his raiment is a disgrace, and he wears a dress-shirt like a crumpled sheet of the Pioneer. Under the Deodars\|Rudyard Kipling That is not a star on his chest, but a diamond pig, rampant on a field of dress-shirt. The Main Chance\|Meredith Nicholson British Dictionary definitions for dress shirt dress shirt noun a man's shirt, usually white, worn as part of formal evening dress, usually having a stiffened or decorative front Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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