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noun
a pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person.
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Origin of stuffed shirt
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
Words nearby stuffed shirt
study group, study hall, stuff, stuff and nonsense, stuffed, stuffed shirt, stuffer, stuff gown, stuffing, stuffing and stripping, stuffing box
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British Dictionary definitions for stuffed shirt
stuffed shirt
noun
informal a pompous or formal person
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Other Idioms and Phrases with stuffed shirt
stuffed shirt
An overly formal or pompous person, as in She's such a stuffed shirt that I'm surprised you'd invite her to a barbecue. This expression alludes to a shirt filled with paper (instead of a real person). [c. 1900]
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