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set-in sleeve

American  

noun

  1. a sleeve joined to the body of a garment at the shoulder and having a seam at that juncture.

Etymology

Origin of set-in sleeve

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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As Inigo Turner, the company’s design director, put it, the set-in sleeve is part of “Arsenal’s DNA.”

From New York Times

And in the eyes of Adidas designers, Arsenal has always been a set-in sleeve sort of a club.

From New York Times

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