shirtfront

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For instance, M. Francis has a certain habit of drawing himself up and displaying his linen shirtfront, a mania for raising his arms to pull down his cuffs, which is Monpavon to the life.

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  1. a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirt
  2. the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket)

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  • In this light the whiteness of the stranger's shirtfront was dazzling. —  Teresa Medeiros - Once An Angel
  • Her hands fisted in his shirtfront, clinging as she melted against him in helpless surrender. —  Teresa Medeiros - Thief of Hearts
  • Lucy clung to his shirtfront, torn between surrender and shoving him away before he could hurt her again. —  Teresa Medeiros - Thief of Hearts
  • She wrapped her arms around his lean waist and buried her face against his shirtfront, needing privacy for what she would say. —  Teresa Medeiros - Thief of Hearts
  • Garbed all in black except for the crisp white of his shirtfront, cuffs, collar, and cravat, Hayden St. Clair looked even larger and more imposing than she remembered. —  ONE NIGHT OF SCANDAL
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