SHIRT
ADJECTIVES
► FRIED starched, as a shirt → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► AUSTRALIAN FLAG the bottom of a man’s shirt when it has come out from his trousers → 1892 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BALDFACED SHIRT a dress shirt with a starched front → 1889 US sl.
► BLAZE-FACED SHIRT a starched white shirt → 1909 Amer. dial.
► BOILED COLLAR a white dress shirt → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BOILED RAG a heavily starched dress shirt → 1886 Amer. dial.
► BOILED SHIRT a man’s starched dress shirt → 1853 Amer. dial.
► BOSOM the front of a shirt → 1872 US
► CALF-TRINNELS the ruffles on a shirt or the flounces on a gown → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CALF-TRUNDLE the ruffle of a shirt, or the flounces of a gown → 1888 (Bk.)
► CAMESA a shirt → M17 sl.
► CARRION-CASE a shirt or chemise → M19 sl.
► CHEMMIE a shirt, a blouse → 1999 UK sl.
► DICKY a worn-out shirt → 1781 sl. obs.
► DICKY DIRT a shirt → 1925 Brit. rhyming sl.
► FAG LOOP a loop on the back of a man’s shirt → 2001 US sl.
► FANCY a man’s dress shirt with a coloured pattern → 1986 US sl.
► FECKET a waistcoat, an underjacket; a shirt → 1810 Sc.
► FLAG OF DISTRESS a flying shirt-tail → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► FLANNIE ► FLANNY a shirt made of flannel or flannelette → Aust. sl.
► FRIED SHIRT a man’s starched dress shirt → 1853 Amer. dial.
► HAND-WRIST a cuff, as on a shirt → 1707 obs.
► INTIMATE a shirt → 1896 Amer. thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
► JACK SHIRT a wool shirt → 1950 Amer. dial.
► JACK WHITE a shirt tail → 1909 Amer dial.
► JACOBITE a sham shirt; a dickey; a shirt collar → 1690 sl.
► KEMESA a shirt → M17 sl.
► LABBIE ► LABEY ► LABIE ► LEBBIE the flap or skirt of a man’s coat or shirt → 1808 Sc.
► MILLTAG ► MILLTOG ► MILLTUG a shirt → E19 sl.
► MILLY a shirt → 20C sl.
► MISH a shirt; a chemise → c1670 Brit. sl.
► MOURNING SHIRT a flannel shirt → M17 sl.
► NARP a shirt → 1839 sl.
► NIVEBAND the cuff of a shirt → 1701 Sc.
► RAMP a shirt ..1845 Sc.
► SARK a garment worn next to the skin; a shirt or chemise; occasionally used for a nightshirt → a1100 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► SHEEP-TAIL a bit of shirt-tail that protrudes through a hole in torn trousers → 1974 W. Indies sl.
► SHEET a shirt → 1893 US tramps’ sl.
► SKIN a shirt → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► SMISH a shirt or chemise → 1807 cant
► THOUSAND-MILER a dark shirt that does not show the dirt → 1929 nautical sl.
► UNCLE BERT a shirt → 1961 UK rhyming sl.
► VENT the wrist of a shirt; any opening in a garment → 1873 Eng. dial.
► VENT-HOLE a buttonhole in the wrist of a shirt → 1873 Eng. dial.
PHRASES
► FLYING THE AUSSIE FLAG going around with your shirt tails hanging out → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► FLASH THE DICKEY to show the shirt front → 1893 sl. (Bk.)
► REEVE to draw into wrinkles; to pucker; to twist round; to shrivel up; to roll up the sleeves → 1821 Eng. dial.
► SARK to clothe in a sark → 1483 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
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