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  • adjective Not wearing a shirt; shirtless

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Examples

  • For me, the inauguration of George W. Bush as president ushered in a period I can only describe as unshirted hell.

    Heart of a Patriot Max Cleland 2009

  • Ike said he wanted Flemming “to call in whoever was responsible and give him unshirted hell.”

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • Ike said he wanted Flemming “to call in whoever was responsible and give him unshirted hell.”

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • He was being asked if he and his column would raise unshirted hell if Kemp-Roth were jettisoned.

    Bob Novak, Truth Seeker Jeffrey Bell 2009

  • If the Iranians say, sink an American carrier during the Barack Administration, Obambi will unleash unholy, unshirted hell on them.

    Joe Klein's scurrilous meltdown. Ann Althouse 2008

  • Over the weekend, any one of 50 weekends, the press would be all over him, giving him unshirted hell.

    December 2006 2006

  • Eisenhower was so angry that he called 10 Downing Street and personally gave Eden “unshirted hell.”

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • Eisenhower was so angry that he called 10 Downing Street and personally gave Eden “unshirted hell.”

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • Minow gave the broadcasters unshirted hell for not doing more to serve the public interest.

    Journalism Then and Now 2006

  • When he had his trucking reform bill explained to the Teamsters Union, according to the respected journalist, John Osborne, "it raised unshirted hell."

    President Ford: Removing The Shackles Roderick M. Hills 2006

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