stuffed shirt

stuffed shirt

noun
a pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person.

Origin:
1910–15, Americanism
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stuffed shirt
 
n
informal a pompous or formal person

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stuffed shirt definition


  1. n.
    a dull and stuffy person, usually a male. : Mr. Wilson is a stuffed shirt, and people would tell him so if he didn't have so much money.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

stuffed shirt

An overly formal or pompous person, as in She's such a stuffed shirt that I'm surprised you'd invite her to a barbecue. This expression alludes to a shirt filled with paper (instead of a real person). [c. 1900]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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