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grandfather shirt

grandfather shirt noun: a band-collared shirt of flannel or brushed cotton.

Noun

grandfather shirt (plural grandfather shirts)

  1. (Ireland) A band-collared shirt of flannel or brushed cotton.
    • I like nothing better than just to wear a grandfather shirt-- they are so big and comfortable.2010, David Johns, Merger, →ISBN, page 46
    • And here was Suggs decked out in oxblood Doctor Marten's boots, a collarless grandfather shirt, khaki combat trousers and a silver bomber jacket depicting mod iconography from The Who's 1973 album Quadrophenia on the rear.2014, John Reed, House of Fun: The Story of Madness, →ISBN

Forms of grandfather shirt

pluralgrandfather shirts

Questions about grandfather shirt

What does grandfather shirt mean?
Grandfather shirt means a band-collared shirt of flannel or brushed cotton.
What part of speech is grandfather shirt?
Grandfather shirt is a noun.
What is the plural of grandfather shirt?
The plural of grandfather shirt is grandfather shirts.

Words near grandfather shirt in the dictionary

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  4. grandfather paradoxes
  5. grandfather rights
  6. grandfather shirt
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  8. grandfather's beard
  9. grandfather's chair
  10. grandfather's clock
  11. grandfather's clocks

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