stuffed shirt

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stuffed shirt Meaning of "stuffed shirt"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned

Usage(s):

  1. Actor Ames makes father a likable stuffed shirt, and the able playing of young Actor Gray gives the picture its closest tie to Tarkington.
  2. No one can say that the popular Li Jing -- China's premier gymnast -- is a stuffed shirt.
  3. If I see a stuffed shirt, I want to punch it.
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