shirtsleeves

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of shirtsleeve
2. (plural, plural-only)Alternative form of shirt sleeves.

   “Even though there were dangerous chemicals about, they worked in their shirtsleeves rather than hazmat suits.”

   “For children in shirtsleeves or summer dresses, the optimum temperature was 24.5 degrees Centigrade, and for children wearing jumpers or blazers, it was 21.5 degrees Centigrade.”

   “After a while hte sun grew warm enough to remove her sweatshirt and work in shirtsleeves.”

   “In a cluttered study Lincoln sits in shirtsleeves and slippers, at work on the document.”

   “While they were drinking prelunch martinis, a staffer entered the room nervously, the urgency of the moment signaled by the fact that he approached Graham in just his shirtsleeves.”

3. (plural, plural-only)Alternative form of shirt sleeves.

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   “Then the retiree goes back to a real shirtsleeves again if he lives long enough.”

   “Creating freedom and functionality around wealth requires allowing the possibility of failure, the risk that the wealth might be lost and shirtsleeves are again the family vestment”

   “But now I was confonted with a fatalistic concept: Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves.”