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
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
And he had carefully, daintily really, pulled Palmer’s shirtsleeve down over the wound and said, “Happy birthday, kid,” and walked off, and in that moment Palmer loved Farquar.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
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