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SHIRTSLEEVES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shirtsleeves mean?
• SHIRTSLEEVES (noun)
The noun SHIRTSLEEVES has 1 sense:
1. not wearing a jacket
Familiarity information: SHIRTSLEEVES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not wearing a jacket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
in hot weather they dined in their shirtsleeves
Hypernyms ("shirtsleeves" is a kind of...):
deshabille; dishabille (the state of being carelessly or partially dressed)
Context examples
So off I drove to Walworth, and found Mr. Joseph Smollet at home and in his shirtsleeves, taking a late tea out of a saucer.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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