dress shirt
Americannoun
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a man's shirt worn for formal or semiformal evening dress, usually having French cuffs and a stiff or pleated front to be fastened with studs.
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a man's shirt, buttoning down the front and typically having long sleeves with barrel or French cuffs, and a soft or starched collar, worn with a necktie.
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Etymology
Origin of dress shirt
First recorded in 1890–95
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The Robles’ 76-year-old grandson Louis Jr. is keeping track of today’s Christmas tree delivery from a folding chair, wearing horn-rim glasses, slacks and a white, open-neck dress shirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
Texas Rep. Nate Schatzline’s energy was palpable as he gazed out from the video on the computer screen, grinning ear to ear, the sleeves of his white dress shirt rolled up.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2025
Presiding over the festivities was Frank Seddio, the club’s 79-year-old chairman, who was wearing suspenders and a monogrammed dress shirt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
Some words have been lent twice, including why-SHAT-suh, which means dress shirt and is taken from a Japanese transliteration of “white shirt.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
The clothes were padded with tissue, and atop the dress shirt was a stuffed pillowcase with lipstick features.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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