Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
shirt .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She found what she wanted in a shirtlike piece of armor, constructed from large rings of interlocking metal.
Mistborn Sanderson_Brandon 2006
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"The personal is political," to put it — yawn — in its most T-shirtlike form.
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In that world some structure was still being erected and did not fall, something was still stretching out, and the candle with its red halo was still burning, and the same shirtlike sphinx lay near the door; but besides all this something creaked, there was a whiff of fresh air, and a new white sphinx appeared, standing at the door.
War and Peace 2003
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The ordinary Trill now worked as circumstances directed: to prepare for a feast, to indulge his taste for hussade, to earn a pulsor for his boat or a pot for his kitchen or a length of cloth for his paray, that easy shirtlike garment worn by man and woman alike.
Trullion: Alastor 2262 Vance, Jack 1973
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In that world some structure was still being erected and did not fall, something was still stretching out, and the candle with its red halo was still burning, and the same shirtlike sphinx lay near the door; but besides all this something creaked, there was a whiff of fresh air, and
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1869
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Other words of this type, however, are known by English-speaking people in all parts of India, as well as by many foreigners; for example, kurta (Hindi-Urdu ` shirtlike garment '), bindi (Hindi
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