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- It is noticing that this phrase was initially used by William Shakespeare as ‘stuffed man”. It was later in the 20th century that the man was replaced with ‘shirt’. It simply refers to a person who has false opinion of his or her own importance, and who like to state or show it in public. People who always held themselves in high esteem are puffed up, so they appear to be like a stuffed shirt.
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Submitted on February 25, 2019
Additional definitions for 'Stuffed Shirt':
| stuffed shirt | One who is overly official or officious; somebody in charge but not necessarily in power or effective. |
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Nearby phrases
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get one's shirt outpolo shirtshort sleeved shirtlose one's shirtstuffed to the gillslook down one's shirtGive Someone the Shirt off Your Backkeep one's shirt onkeep your shirt onLose Your ShirtKeep Your Shirt Onstuffed like a turkeybeen there, done that, bought the t-shi…been there, done that, got the T-shirt
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