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Definition of Shirtsleeves
1. Noun. Not wearing a jacket. "In hot weather they dined in their shirtsleeves"
Definition of Shirtsleeves
1. Noun. (plural of shirtsleeve) ¹
2. Noun. Without special protection, in street clothes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shirtsleeves
1. shirtsleeve [n] - See also: shirtsleeve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shirtsleeves
Literary usage of Shirtsleeves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Abolition of Inheritance by Harlan Eugene Read (1919)
"As he reads his histories of England, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and even
the United States, he knows that the saying "from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves ..."
2. Sex Searchlights and Sane Sex Ethics: An Anthology of Sex Knowledge by Lee Alexander Stone (1922)
"There is—or used to be—a proverb in the United States, "There are three generations
from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves." That is to say, the grandfather ..."
3. Property and Contract in Their Relations to the Distribution of Wealth by Richard Theodore Ely, Samuel Peter Orth, Willford Isbell King (1914)
"... from clogs to clogs": the American equivalent being "from shirtsleeves to
shirtsleeves ". ..."
4. Three Plays for Puritans by Bernard Shaw (1906)
"Take it off, sir; and let it hang before the fire a while: my wife will excuse
your shirtsleeves. Judith: put in another spoonful of tea for Mr. Dudgeon. ..."
5. Three Plays for Puritans by Bernard Shaw (1906)
"Take it off, sir; and let it hang before the fire a while: my wife will excuse
your shirtsleeves. Judith: put in another spoonful of tea for Mr. Dudgeon. ..."
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