shirtfront

Definitions of shirtfront
  1. noun
    the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket)
    “he had spilled catsup on his shirtfront”
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    types:
    plastron
    the front of man's dress shirt
    plastron
    the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt
    type of:
    front
    the side that is seen or that goes first
  2. noun
    a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
    synonyms: dickey, dickie, dicky
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    type of:
    insert, inset
    an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted
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