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shirt-frill

shirt-frill noun: a fine cambric frill worn in the early years of the 19th century on the breast of the shirt.

Noun

shirt-frill (plural shirt-frills)

  1. (historical) A fine cambric frill worn in the early years of the 19th century on the breast of the shirt.

Forms of shirt-frill

pluralshirt-frills

Questions about shirt-frill

What does shirt-frill mean?
Shirt-frill means a fine cambric frill worn in the early years of the 19th century on the breast of the shirt.
What part of speech is shirt-frill?
Shirt-frill is a noun.
What is the plural of shirt-frill?
The plural of shirt-frill is shirt-frills.

Words near shirt-frill in the dictionary

  1. shirt waists
  2. shirt-button
  3. shirt-buttons
  4. shirt-collar
  5. shirt-collars
  6. shirt-frill
  7. shirt-frills
  8. shirt-front
  9. shirt-jac
  10. shirt-jacs
  11. shirt-lifter

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