shirt front

noun

the front of a shirt, especially the part that is exposed when a jacket or vest is worn.
dickey¹ (def. 1).

Origin of shirt front

First recorded in 1830–40

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She could hardly take her eyes off him, as he sat there in his beautiful evening suit and white shirt-front.
The Creators | May Sinclair
His snowy shirt front gave air of almost reckless joviality to desolate Treasury Bench.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, April 6, 1895 | Various
Landy, too, sensing the importance of coming events, improved his appearance by buttoning up his shirt-front.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
With a gay little gesture she drew it from her shirt-front, then, smiling, sat turning it over and over in her lap.
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers
From head to foot he was attired in this color, except where the white cuffs and collar and shirt front showed through.
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose Bierce

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