Shirt-sleeve Definition

noun

The part of a shirt that covers the arms.

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adjective

Describing an informal, relaxed appearance or approach, particularly in business.

He had a shirt-sleeve style of management.
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Other Word Forms of Shirt-sleeve

Noun

Singular:
shirt-sleeve
Plural:
shirt sleeves

Origin of Shirt-sleeve

  • Derived from the practice of taking one's jacket off, and relaxing in shirt sleeves.

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Shirt-sleeve Sentence Examples

  • On Thursday evening the Resort hosted the annual outdoor BBQ overlooking the golf courses in shirt sleeve weather.

  • Top buttons should be fastened, except during shirt-sleeve order (see below).

  • Tattoos sleeves are actually a series of tattoos that cover the entire arm just like a shirt sleeve.

  • To do so, create a row of two starting at three inches above the bottom edge of the shirt sleeve cuff.

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