- an arm of a shirt
- He rolled up his shirtsleeves.
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Idioms
See shirtsleeve in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryin (your) shirtsleeves
- wearing a shirt without a jacket, etc. on top of it
- It was a hot day and most of the men were in shirtsleeves.
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