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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024shirt•sleeve /ˈʃɜrtˌsliv/USA pronunciation adj. - not wearing a jacket;
informally dressed:a shirtsleeve mob.
warm enough to live or work in without wearing a jacket:shirtsleeve weather.n. [countable] - the sleeve of a shirt:ripped his shirtsleeve on a nail.
Idioms- in (one's) shirtsleeves. wearing a shirt but not a jacket:working in (his) shirtsleeves all day.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shirtsleeve /ˈʃɜːtˌsliːv/ n - the sleeve of a shirt
- in one's shirtsleeves ⇒ not wearing a jacket
shirt-sleeve (shûrt′slēv′),USA pronunciation adj. - not wearing a jacket;
informally dressed:a shirt-sleeve mob. - warm enough to live or work in without wearing a jacket or coat:shirt-sleeve weather in November.
- simple, plain, and informal;
direct and straightforward in approach, manner, etc.:shirt-sleeve diplomacy.
Also, shirt′sleeve′, shirt′-sleeved′, shirt′-sleeves′. |