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
Dry off the exterior with a towel or clean cloth, even your shirtsleeve — anything that’s absorbent.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024
Massimo glances down at his shirtsleeve, pinned up with a fish hook.
From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2021
The stretch marks beneath his sweat-stained shirtsleeve scribble a polygraph on the trunk of his bicep.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 12, 2017
And before she could act embarrassed and uncomfortable about yesterday—or pretend that she wasn't—Park was opening the screen door and pulling her in by her shirtsleeve.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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