Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The sleeve of a shirt.
- noun The state of wearing no coat, jacket, or other outer garment over one's shirt.
- adjective Dressed without a coat.
- adjective Calling for the removal of a coat or jacket; not requiring a coat or jacket for comfort.
- adjective Marked by informality or straightforwardness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The part of a
shirt that covers thearms .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the sleeve of a shirt
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Examples
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From the Mars biolab forward to Control Deck A constituted the so-called "shirtsleeve" area of the ship.
The Far Call Dickson, Gordon R 1978
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He grabbed hold of my shirtsleeve and pulled me sideways.
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I have no watch, he remarks, pulling back his shirtsleeve and displaying his furry wrist for Connie.
A Bear Hunt in Riga Josef K. Strosche 2011
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He just needed a toothpick in his mouth and a pack of smokes rolled up his shirtsleeve.
Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011
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Why did they not ride out the door like a hitchhiking butterfly on the shirtsleeve of a visitor like me?
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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Why did they not ride out the door like a hitchhiking butterfly on the shirtsleeve of a visitor like me?
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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He just needed a toothpick in his mouth and a pack of smokes rolled up his shirtsleeve.
Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011
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He grabbed hold of my shirtsleeve and pulled me sideways.
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Tak wiped it away with the shirtsleeve he'd been wiping his nose on all evening, which only compounded the filth.
Tak Tuckerby Mike Lynch 2011
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A lot of things are a lot smoother and less of a drag now than they were four and a half months ago—finding the food on the left side of my plate, threading my left arm into my left shirtsleeve, typing, reading.
Left Neglected Lisa Genova 2011
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