shirtfront
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- noun
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- The waiter adjusted the collar and straightened the shirtfront of his tuxedo before serving dinner.
- a man's shirtfront
- hands on your shirtfront
Examples
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"She walked over to him and slid her hands up his shirtfront, feeling his stomach muscles contract beneath her touch.
Fiction book (1994) -
His hair stood up in spiky points, his face was streaked with sweat, and he was wiping his hands compulsively on his shirtfront.
Fiction book (1999) -
I see you gentlemen have all stripped down to your shirtfronts.
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You see," he began, but then lost courage, deflating into his shirtfront.
Fiction book (1995) -
The other hand twisted hard in the man's shirtfront, lifting him onto his toes.
Fiction book (1992) -
Kato holds Byron by the shirtfront and peers into his eyes.
Fiction book (1997) -
Their shirtfronts were spotted with sweat, and their backs were slick with it.
Fiction book (2001) -
During the remainder of the evening, Mr. Dorset went about with his bow tie hanging limply on his damp shirtfront, a gold collar button shining above it.
Fiction book (1996) -
On the walls, the portraits of gentlemen in white wigs or high gleaming leather stocks and black coats and spotless shirtfronts hung quietly.
Fiction book (2000) -
She noticed a stain on her shirtfront after eating lunch and quickly tried to clean it.
Synonyms
A separate front shirt piece worn under a jacket to look like a full shirt
A small piece worn at the front of a shirt to make it look like a full shirt
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shirtfront is simply the parts shirt and front, meaning the 'front' part of a shirt and the dressy 'bib' you can wear with a tuxedo. So, shirtfront refers to the front of a shirt, including that separate, formal piece.