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shirtfront

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10 lettersPart of speech nounSorted fhinorrsttStarts with SEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt

Word origin

From shirt + front.

Used in a sentence

  • In the Victorian Era, exposing your shirtfront in public was considered improper, as shirts were viewed as undergarments. Waistcoats concealed this and helped [to] tame oversized, billowy shirts.
  • False fronts, frequently called "shirt fronts," are futile attempts to make a small, cheap house pass for something larger and more valuable.
  • This was a case of a deputy shirtfronting her leader with an ultimatum and forcing a decision that would come close to wrecking the government's environmental credibility.

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