shirtsleeves in the PONS Dictionary

shirtsleeves Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to roll up one's shirtsleeves
zavrnuti rukave a. fig
in one’s shirtsleeves
u košulji (bez jakne)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The surface armrests on the couch and love seat flaked off, sticking to his shirtsleeves.
www.tbo.com
It was shirtsleeves and shorts weather when the storm windows went up.
www.stthomastimesjournal.com
In many cases, the result has been a somnambulant crowd of guys in ties and shirtsleeves talking on their smartphones while play is going on.
www.thestar.com
He arrived late for his midday speech in rolled up shirtsleeves, and tie loosened.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
As he sat in his shirtsleeves in front of bookshelves, his blotchy face delivered strikingly silly statements.
www.telegraph.co.uk
They turn out his pockets and pat him down, raise his shirtsleeves and uncover his torso, and shine a light on his tattoos, looking for gang signs.
www.slate.com
His pants and shirtsleeves were often stained with blood.
www.counterpunch.org
While smoking bans have made offices a cleaner place to work, they've also helped develop the bravado of the hardy smoker standing outside the office in shirtsleeves, she says.
news.bbc.co.uk
He opened it in his shirtsleeves.
www.stuff.co.nz
Female office workers around the world brace for hot weather by bundling up -- even as their male colleagues type away in shirtsleeves.
qz.com

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