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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Dry off the exterior with a towel or clean cloth, even your shirtsleeve — anything that’s absorbent.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
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
On April Fools’ Day, he rolled up a shirtsleeve on “Fox & Friends” to reveal a faux tattoo of Winston Churchill, one of his heroes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2015
He’d drop the knotted reins if he felt like it, maybe to pick a burr out of his boot or sweep off his red cap and wipe his face with his shirtsleeve.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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