stuffed shirt

/stəft ʃərt/
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Other forms: stuffed shirts

Definitions of stuffed shirt
  1. noun
    a bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned
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    type of:
    bore, dullard
    a person who evokes boredom
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