SHIRTFRONT

dickey, dickie, dicky, shirtfront

(noun) a man’s detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt

shirtfront

(noun) the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket); “he had spilled catsup on his shirtfront”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shirtfront (plural shirtfronts)

The front part of a shirt.

A detachable insert that simulates the front of a shirt.

(cricket) A pitch that is easy to bat on.

(Australian rules football) A head-on charge aimed at bumping an opponent to the ground.

(real estate, slang) An attractive facade applied only to the front of a house.

Verb

shirtfront (third-person singular simple present shirtfronts, present participle shirtfronting, simple past and past participle shirtfronted)

(transitive, AU, politics) To confront in a threatening manner.

Source: Wiktionary



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