shirt front

American  

noun

1. the front of a shirt, especially the part that is exposed when a jacket or vest is worn.

2. dickey.

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Etymology

Origin of shirt front

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

This season, TikTok’s logo appears on the shirt front, Expedia on the back and Vistaprint on the sleeve, while Reynolds’s Aviation American Gin sponsors the staff clothing.

From Washington Post

The serene smile you exhibit when knowing that you are correct despite all disbelief does not sit well above a stained shirt front.

From Washington Post

Most work about the inn was done by his wife, the round and rosy Jennet, who could carve a fowl with one hand, turn cream into butter with the other, and still have one left over to hoist a noisy guest by his shirt front and chuck him out the door.

From Literature

I was weeping bitterly, head ringing in pain as I sat next to my lovely date, Dr Melania Geymonat, who was calmer than I but dripping blood down her shirt front.

From The Guardian

“Ben,” I say, leaning back from him and I don’t know what to do with my hands so I just grab his shirt front in my fists and shake him in a way that’s gotta mean love.

From Literature