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• shirt — [OE] A shirt, like a skirt, is etymologically a ‘short’ garment, one that stops at or just below the waist rather than reaching down to the knees or beyond. In common with Swedish skjorta and Danish skjorte, it comes from the prehistoric base… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• shirt — [OE] A shirt, like a skirt, is etymologically a ‘short’ garment, one that stops at or just below the waist rather than reaching down to the knees or beyond. In common with Swedish skjorta and Danish skjorte, it comes from the prehistoric base… …   Word origins

• shirt dress — noun 1. A straight dress with a collar like a shirt s, resembling an elongated shirt 2. A shirtwaister (US) • • • Main Entry: ↑shirt * * * shirt dress, a shirtwaist dress; shirtwaister: »... pale blue Osmaline shirt dress, the bib front hand… …   Useful english dictionary

• Shirt-sleeve environment — is a term used in aircraft design to describe the interior of an aircraft in which no special clothing need be worn. Early aircraft had no internal pressurization, so the crews of those that reached the stratosphere had to be garbed to withstand… …   Wikipedia

• Shirt — Charvet shirt from the 1930s, Norsk Folkemeuseum, Oslo. A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body. Originally an undergarment worn exclusively by men, it has become, in American English, a catch all term for almost any garment other than… …   Wikipedia

• Shirt of Nessus — Lichas bringing the garment of Nessus to Hercules, woodcut by Hans Sebald Beham, circa 1542 1548. The Shirt of Nessus, Tunic of Nessus, Nessus robe, or Nessus shirt in Greek mythology was the poisoned shirt that killed Heracles. It was once a… …   Wikipedia

• shirt dress — shirtwaist shirtwaist, Shirt waist Shirt waist [shirt + waist; see {waist[3]}, n.] 1. A woman s blouse resembling a men s shirt in cut and style; in England called a {blouse}. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 2. a type of woman s dress with a bodice… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Shirt waist — shirtwaist shirtwaist, Shirt waist Shirt waist [shirt + waist; see {waist[3]}, n.] 1. A woman s blouse resembling a men s shirt in cut and style; in England called a {blouse}. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 2. a type of woman s dress with a bodice… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• like a dirty shirt — always there like shirts that need to be washed    If you have a garage sale, Jim will be there like a dirty shirt …   English idioms

• Shirt Tails — The Shirt Tails were a mid 19th century street gang based in the Five Points slum in Manhattan, who wore their shirts on the outside of their pants as a form of insignia and as a sign of group affiliation. The Shirt Tails were as violent as they… …   Wikipedia