Shirt
[ʃɜːt] or [ʃɝt]
Definition
(noun.) a garment worn on the upper half of the body.
(verb.) put a shirt on.
Inputed by Cleo--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under-garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by men and boys.
(v. t. & i.) To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.
Typist: Shelby
Definition
n. a short garment worn next the body by men: an interior lining in a blast-furnace.—v.t. to cover as with a shirt.—ns. Shirt′-frill a fine cambric frill worn in the early years of the 19th century on the breast of the shirt; Shirt′-front that part of the shirt which is open and covers the breast generally of finer material starched stiffly; Shirt′ing cloth for shirts: shirts collectively.—adj. Shirt′less without a shirt.—ns. Shirt′-sleeve the sleeve of a shirt; Shirt′-waist a woman's overgarment or blouse coming to the waist and belted there.—Bloody shirt a blood-stained shirt as the symbol of murder; Boiled shirt a white shirt clean washed; In one's shirt-sleeves without the coat.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of putting on your shirt, is a sign that you will estrange yourself from your sweetheart by your faithless conduct. To lose your shirt, augurs disgrace in business or love. A torn shirt, represents misfortune and miserable surroundings. A soiled shirt, denotes that contagious diseases will confront you.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Every man's bosom friend.
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Examples
- Mr. Grubble was standing in his shirt-sleeves at the door of his very clean little tavern waiting for me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His shirt-sleeves were turned up at the wrists, but no higher. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I couldn't point to the time when the Ablewhites hadn't a shirt to their backs, and couldn't sign their own names. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A man to-day buys a ready-made shirt for fifty cents, which fifty years ago would have cost him $2. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- She thought it humiliating to see a man dressing: the ridiculous shirt, the ridiculous trousers and braces. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A linen shirt, for example, is, strictly speaking, not a necessary of life. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That is of enormous importance, said Holmes, making a note upon his shirt-cuff. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Time passed Thomas on in the mill, while his father was thinking about it, and there he stood in a long-tailed coat and a stiff shirt-collar. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I took off my trousers and wrung them too, then my shirt and under clothing. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Yes, she said, and wearing only my wedding shirt. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He had little jewelled buttons in the lawn shirt fronts. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Roll up the shirt-sleeve on your left arm, and you will see it there. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- That they should stay in thy shirt, Agustín said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Don Ricardo was a short man with gray hair and a thick neck and he had a shirt on with no collar. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Then there in bed I will still wear my wedding shirt? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I will buy seven wedding shirts, she said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Rather than be a companion, I would have made shirts and starved. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I must remember to buy some more shirts and socks. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- You pay five and six dollars apiece for fine linen shirts in Paris; here and in Leghorn you pay two and a half. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Everything--Job's too--all shirts gone--never mind--saves washing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Be it only known then, that it was just at the end of his Lorne shifts and his lawn shirts. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I only desired he would lend me two clean shirts, which, having been washed since he wore them, I believed would not so much defile me. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- They were looking at some Indian silk shirts, gorgeous and sensual in themselves, their shape, their almost corrupt gorgeousness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Then here's yer old shirts, and these yer is new ones. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I'll make the set of shirts for father, instead of letting you do it, Marmee. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- To make the starch: For two shirts, collars, and cuffs take one table-spoonful of starch dissolved in water; shave a piece of the above into it the size of a bean. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Typist: Marcus