shirtsleeves

Definitions of shirtsleeves
  1. noun
    not wearing a jacket
    “"in your shirtsleeves" means you are not wearing anything over your shirt”
    “in hot weather they dined in their shirtsleeves”
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    type of:
    deshabille, dishabille
    the state of being carelessly or partially dressed
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