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shirtsleeve

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) shirtsleeve (noun)
  2. 2) shirtsleeve (adjective)

1shirt·sleeve

noun \-ˌslēv\

Definition of SHIRTSLEEVE

: the sleeve of a shirt
— in one's shirtsleeves or in shirtsleeves
: wearing a shirt but no coat
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First Known Use of SHIRTSLEEVE

circa 1566

Rhymes with SHIRTSLEEVE

Abib, achieve, aggrieve, believe, bereave, cap sleeve, conceive, deceive, French leave, frost heave, Hoccleve, inweave, khedive, motive, naive, perceive, pet peeve, plain weave, qui vive, receive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, shore leave, sick leave, unreeve, unweave, upheave

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