Definitions
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- noun The
front part of ashirt . - noun A detachable
insert that simulates the front of a shirt. - noun cricket A term used in
cricket to refer to a pitch that is easy to bat on.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
- noun the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket)
Etymologies
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Examples
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"shirtfront" to Swan Nick Malceski's head early in the first quarter at ANZ Stadium.
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"shirtfront" to Swan Nick Malceski's head early in the first quarter at ANZ Stadium.
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"shirtfront" to Swan Nick Malceski's head early in the first quarter at ANZ Stadium.
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Wade fished a pack of cigarettes from his shirtfront pocket and walked to the counter.
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Bones lifted by a shirtfront, the man rises, then lies tilted, neck arched, his world narrowed to a damp cloth that smells of dead men.
Leviathan JP Reese 2011
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Her small breasts glided along his shirtfront, her thighs touched at his.
Power Ballad (Revised) Meakin Armstrong 2011
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Back in 1989, as he contemplated a Test debut bowling to Marsh, Taylor, Boon, Border, Jones and S Waugh on an Oval shirtfront, Alan Igglesden received a timely self-esteem boost when the chairman of selectors Ted Dexter told the world Igglesden was the 14th-choice seamer.
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The Cimmerian leaned across the desk and took the bursar by the shirtfront.
Archive 2010-02-01 Cromsblood 2010
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Staging it in England at any time of year is therefore probably a bad idea, and while the romantic call of Lord's is loud, if the sun comes out there the pitch can be a shirtfront—bland, true, predictable, with little in the way of dangerous bounce or movement.
How to Save Test Cricket Richard Lord 2011
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Staging it in England at any time of year is therefore probably a bad idea, and while the romantic call of Lord's is loud, if the sun comes out there the pitch can be a shirtfront—bland, true, predictable, with little in the way of dangerous bounce or movement.
How Test Cricket Can Be Saved Richard Lord 2011
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