crisp shirt
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- noun
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- David wore his crisp shirt to the interview, hoping to make a good impression.
And he said, I saw this extraordinary army of people and their dark suits and their white crisp shirts and their black shining shoes.
- And he said, I saw this extraordinary army of people and their dark suits and their white crisp shirts and their black shining shoes.
Examples
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So close to him, she caught the lotion scent of his skin, the laundered scent of his crisp shirt, and over it all the scent of blood that escaped the covers....
Fiction book (1990) -
Paula, sleek, blonde, and breezy, moved through the cold, damp loft each day dressed in shades of grey and black, inevitably broken with a touch of white, usually a crisp shirt.
Fiction book (1999) -
She always prefers to wear a crisp shirt when attending formal events.
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For the wedding, he chose a classic suit with a crisp shirt that looked freshly pressed.
Antonyms
How Neat
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a neatly pressed, clean-looking shirt' follows directly from the adjective 'crisp' (sharp, clean, well-defined) modifying 'shirt' and is a standard adjective + noun composition. The clothing sense of 'crisp' (neat, freshly pressed) is common and cross-linguistically accessible, so a B1 learner who knows both words will likely infer this meaning.
Etymology
Crisp shirt comes from the real feeling of a shirt that has just been ironed and starched. The crisp fabric is a little stiff and has sharp folds, like a fresh sheet of paper, so a crisp shirt means a 'neatly pressed' and 'clean' shirt that looks smart.