shirtsleeve

See also: shirt-sleeve and shirt sleeve

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Noun

shirtsleeve (plural shirtsleeves)

1. Alternative form of shirt sleeve
   • 1996 July, Mark Anthony Rolo, “Brown Faces in Blue Uniforms”, in Journal of American Indian Higher Education, volume 7, number 1:

     The patches on their shirtsleeves read, "Tribal Law Enforcement."

   • 2004, Louise Wareham, Since You Ask, →ISBN, page 140:

     He pulled me to a pillar, pushing up my shirtsleeve and looking again at the skin in the crook of my arm.

   • 2014 summer, Thomas G. Matyók, Hannah Rose Mendoza, Cathryne Schmitz, “Deep Analysis: Designing Complexity into Our Understanding of Conflict”, in InterAgency Journal, volume 5:

     The desire to roll-up shirtsleeves and get down to work tackling conflict and violence is certainly laudable; however, the desire for action cannot be allowed to push analysis out of the peacebuilding process.

Adjective

shirtsleeve (comparative more shirtsleeve, superlative most shirtsleeve)

1. Alternative form of shirt-sleeve
   • 1976, Newsweek Magazine, quoted in: Harry Bruinius, For Jimmy Carter, a life of service, defined by faith, in: The Christian Science Monitor, December 29 2024

     “At least part of the stir over Carter’s shirtsleeve religiosity is that he seems to practice what he preaches,” Newsweek magazine mused a few days after the “born again” question made headlines across the country. “Kennedy went to Mass and Richard Nixon spoke affectionately of his Quaker mother, but neither appeared to be truly religious.”

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