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shirt-sleeve definition

shirt·-sleeve (-slēv′)

adjective

  1. in, or suitable for being in, one's shirt sleeves
  2. plain, direct, and informal shirt-sleeve philosophy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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