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Meanings of shirtfront in English

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

Synonyms
Examples for "dicky"
Examples for "dicky"
1
Things have been pretty dicky out in South Africa lately, you know.
The Avenger
2
He is black, with a white dicky and beautiful white paws.
Chronicles of Avonlea
3
His dicky leg was aching like a bastard; another bad sign.
Wizard and glass
4
That was why suspicion grew the more in the mind of Dicky.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 2
5
Dicky heard a soft footstep in the companionway, then before the door.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 2
1
Dickie offers good food at a price recession-hit Hong Kongers can afford.
BBC
2
No one is making decisions and no one is investing, Dickie said.
Reuters
3
Dickie and me, we go way back. Stan turned to his colleague.
The Book of Life
4
His views, however, did not trouble Dickie Deer Mouse in the least.
The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse
5
Follow us. He gave the command and Dickie flicked the engine on.
A beautiful place to die
1
Three outside places were vacant; one behind the coachman; two on the dickey.
A Rogue's Life
2
One of them seated in the dickey looked down at me.
A Rogue's Life
3
They come running like dickey birds looking for bugs on a hippo's back.
The stand
4
It was a landaulet, with a servant mounted on the dickey.
Tales of a Traveller
5
Shure, the man who put that sthory on the dickey-back knew his business.
The Flaw in the Sapphire
Usage of shirtfront in English
1
His teeth were very large, quite even, and whiter than his shirtfront.
The burglar who liked to quote kipling
2
Spindle, who had started drinking already, spluttered his mouthful down his shirtfront.
Orb Sceptre Throne
3
His bosun charged up to him and was grabbed by the shirtfront.
Hook
4
He pulled the aged scapular from his shirtfront and looked at it.
Blood Meridian
5
As he was speaking, Sir Percival spilt brandy on his shirtfront.
White fire
6
As Gordon rode on, a cool breeze blew through his half open shirtfront.
The Postman
7
His shirtfront was drenched, he was gulping it down so fast.
The capitol game
8
Brawne Lamia rises suddenly and grasps the poet by his shirtfront.
The Hyperion Cantos
9
Purple, gray... light the trousers and dark the cloak, the shirtfront.
The Great Book of Amber
10
I adjusted my shirtfront, brushed myself off, ran my comb through my hair.
The Great Book of Amber
11
There was blood all over his shirtfront and the lapels of his suit.
Hostile intent
12
A flow of dark blood seeped through the white ruffled shirtfront he wore.
Fevre Dream
13
With the fingertips of her other hand she touched the bloodstain on my shirtfront.
The Great Book of Amber
14
A plum-and-pewter-striped tie shimmered with subtle richness against his shirtfront.
Damaged
15
Dr. Roon lifted Dale by the shirtfront and shook him.
Summer of Night
16
Gazarra flicked at the mess on his shirtfront with a wad of paper napkin.
Three to get deadly and four to score
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Shirtfront through the time
Shirtfront across language varieties
United States of America
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