shirtsleeve
Britishnoun
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the sleeve of a shirt
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not wearing a jacket
Example Sentences
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On a shirtsleeve, Ruiz wore a purple-and-white ribbon — an homage to the disappeared — while a white rose poked out from the top of a bag.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025
New Year’s brought shirtsleeve weather to the U.S.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2023
She was clad in her usual “paramilitary light” uniform of Prana pants with cargo pockets and combat-style boots; a heart tattoo that says “MOM” was peeking out of her shirtsleeve.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022
The stretch marks beneath his sweat-stained shirtsleeve scribble a polygraph on the trunk of his bicep.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 12, 2017
He sighed, rolled up his shirtsleeve, and pointed to his forearm.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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