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Meaning of "stuffed shirt" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STUFFED SHIRT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STUFFED SHIRT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stuffed shirt is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STUFFED SHIRT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stuffed shirt in the English dictionary

The definition of stuffed shirt in the dictionary is a pompous or formal person.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STUFFED SHIRT

study room
study tour
stuff
stuff gown
stuffed
stuffed animal
stuffed dummy
stuffed toy
stuffed up
stuffer
stuffier
stuffiest
stuffily
stuffiness
stuffing
stuffing and stripping
stuffing box
stuffing nut
stuffless
stuffy

WORDS THAT END LIKE STUFFED SHIRT

Blackshirt
Brown Shirt
campshirt
dress shirt
grandad shirt
hair shirt
Hawaiian shirt
lumberjack shirt
muscle shirt
nightshirt
overshirt
polo shirt
redshirt
safari shirt
shirt
sports shirt
sweatshirt
T-shirt
tee shirt
tee-shirt
undershirt

Synonyms and antonyms of stuffed shirt in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stuffed shirt» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STUFFED SHIRT

Find out the translation of stuffed shirt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stuffed shirt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stuffed shirt» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

毛绒衫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

camisa de peluche
570 millions of speakers

English

stuffed shirt
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भरवां शर्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قميص محشوة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фаршированная рубашка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

camisa de pelúcia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্টাফ করা শার্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chemise en peluche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Baju disumbat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stuffed shirt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ぬいぐるみシャツ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

박제 셔츠
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaos kaos
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

áo nhồi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடைத்த சட்டை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चोंदलेले शर्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Doldurulmuş gömlek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pallone gonfiato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

koszulka nadziewane
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фарширована сорочка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cămașă umplute
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλαζόνας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opgestopte hemp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fyllda skjorta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utstoppet shirt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stuffed shirt

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STUFFED SHIRT»

The term «stuffed shirt» is normally little used and occupies the 129.981 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STUFFED SHIRT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stuffed shirt

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STUFFED SHIRT»

Discover the use of stuffed shirt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stuffed shirt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
God Is Not a Stuffed Shirt: Love Poems to My Heavenly Father
TO THE GLORY OF GOD!Hello PaPa, Oh Father, if only I could teach someoneYour loving laughter, reach someone to tell of Your sacred heavenly realm.Oh, if they will only trust in You, Father!If only they will stay and bathein the radiance of ...
Susan Wahome, 2011
2
Tampa Bay Magazine
Your Shirt Can go 1st Class The Stuffed Shirt Company has not only taken the wrinkles out of shirt packing with this clever set that contains a collar-case to protect the shirts collar and can be used to store underwear or jewelry, a collar- tab to ...
3
The Psychiatrist, and Other Stories
There can be no wailing and cursing, but only taking things as they are, with their jobs and perquisites, their glories and indignities, and go bravely on." "Yes, sir." " Still, just as it is good thrift to put something. 113 Education of a Stuffed Shirt ...
Machado de Assis, 1963
4
The Tribe That Lost Its Head
'I meant,' said Tulbach Browne, somewhat weakly, 'that all the stuffed shirt side of it is out of date.' Lou Strogoff smiled bleakly. 'You use these easy phrases, but you do not follow them through. To you, “stuffed shirt” presumably means formality ...
Nicholas Monsarrat, 2000
5
Seeking Truth: Living with Doubt
Another way to think of freedom and mysticism is to use the metaphor of the ' stuffed shirt' for one who, through fear, is trapped in an ideology. The stuffed shirt's shadow is the stranger. The stuffed shirt, devoted as he is to position and status ...
Steven Fortney, Marshall Onellion, 2007
6
Natalie Scott: A Magnificent Life
Guardería de Niños Archives. 27. N.V.S. Collection (Box 13, Folder 16). New Orleans Times-Picayune, October 17, 1951. Hammond and Hammond, interview. 28. Leslie Cortes de Figueroa, Stuffed Shirt in Taxco (Taxco: Taxco School of Art,  ...
Scott, John W.
7
Machado de Assis, the Brazilian Pyrrhonian
... the strategic life-view manipulate social appearances in order to attain social, economic, political, and sentimental success. The strategic life-view is explicitly elaborated in the short story "Teoria do medalhao" ("Education of a stuffed shirt").
José Raimundo Maia Neto, 1994
8
Toasting Cheers: An Episode Guide to the 1982-1993 Comedy ...
... highlighting Sam's libidinous behavior. (It was unknown whether the manuscript was ever published.) Second, a quasi-literary success came when Sam's self-originating quote ("What does a stuffed shirt know about blue collar poetry?
Dennis A. Bjorklund, 1997
9
Orange Coast Magazine
In the September Dish column, I mentioned that the old Cano's Stuffed Shirt on Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach was to be leased to a new restaurant. I was wrong. A representative of the Ardell Investment Company notified me that ...
10
LIFE
"Campbell's a stuffed shirt," he broke in. The reporter looked around eagerly. " Can I quote you on that?" he asked. "Hell yes, I've said it before." Johnson turned on Sanderson and shouted, "Why don't you keep your mouth shut and quit looking ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STUFFED SHIRT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stuffed shirt is used in the context of the following news items.
1
New Canadian Open boss no ordinary stuffed shirt: Feschuk
A quick glance at McLaughlin, who was dressed in a standard golf shirt and slacks, offered no evidence of body art. So McLaughlin helpfully lifted a sleeve and ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
2
'England and Other Stories,' by Graham Swift
The stiff upper lip, the stuffed shirt, the punters, the twits, the prats, the genteel poverty, the bed-sits and the below stairs, the drinks parties, the pubs, the absence ... «New York Times, May 15»
3
Why I Am a Stuffed Shirt about Jeans at a Funeral
But again why was I thinking like such a stuffed shirt about it? One might say formal clothing contributes to kavod ha met (honoring the dead), which may enter ... «Jewish Journal, Mar 15»
4
David Remnick on Ben Bradlee: 'He was the most alive presence'
He was funny and flashy, but not a stuffed shirt. In my experience, he was the most alive presence, not only in journalism but in any realm. He wasn't the most ... «Washington Post, Oct 14»
5
Ireland's maverick number eight fails to score with rugby's clubbable …
Ireland's maverick number eight fails to score with rugby's clubbable stuffed shirts ... Basically green-eyed jealously of the guy in the green shirt who has ... «Irish Times, Jun 14»
6
Azed slip No 2152
STUFFED SHIRT proved tricky. A very experienced regular asked whether the clue word I give you is chosen after I've tried it, found it difficult, and decided to ... «The Guardian, Sep 13»
7
Stuffed shirt Iain Duncan Smith fails to show ounce of compassion
But would it really have been too much for Iain Duncan Smith, this tin man, to show Kieran that he felt something – anything – beneath that stiffly stuffed shirt of ... «Scottish Daily Record, Nov 12»
8
The “New Obama”: Michelle Keeps Hope Alive
... Michelle Obama, to say some nice words about the old Obama, the rapidly graying one who is running roughly even in the polls with a stuffed shirt called Mitt ... «New Yorker, Sep 12»
9
Raga Dolls take the starch out of stuffed shirt rituals
IT COMES as a surprise when composer and founder of the Raga Dolls Salon Orchestra, David Osborne, nominates Franz Schubert as his favourite composer, ... «The Age, May 12»
10
Accused killer stuffed shirt down granny's throat and hid body in …
Accused killer Christopher Jackson told cops he stuffed a T-shirt inside his grandmother's mouth and secured it with rubber bands to suffocate her before getting ... «New York Daily News, Apr 11»

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