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shirtsleeve /ˈʃəːtsliːv /noun (usually shirtsleeves) The sleeve of a shirt: he rolled up his shirtsleeves...- Ben took off his coat so that he could sit at table in white shirtsleeves, waistcoat and silk string tie.
- He removed his cuff links and placed them on the table next to the decanter and folded back the cuffs of his shirtsleeves before picking up his whisky glass once more.
- Thus, a miller in apron and shirtsleeves would not be confused with a magistrate in frock coat, knee breeches, and silk stockings.
Phrases Derivatives shirtsleeved adjective ...- Maurizio is unlike any doctor I've seen for a long while, nothing like my GP, in her jeans, or the hard-pressed shirtsleeved junior registrars in our local children's casualty department.
- His office is one of the few in the complex that does not have air-conditioning, and he prefers shirtsleeved dress shirts and rumpled slacks to tailored suits.
- The initial format was criticised as being less authoritative than other output on the channel, this being blamed on the radical colour and design of the set and the shirtsleeved male presenters.
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