dress shirt

noun

: a man's shirt especially for wear with evening dress
broadly : a shirt suitable for wear with a necktie

Examples of dress shirt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While behind the grill, the Maestro actor wore a black short sleeve dress shirt with a matching black hat, styled backward, though he was also seen without the hat. Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 26 May 2024 Ben Perkins, founder of &Collar, a men’s dress shirt company, became an Ampla client in April 2022. Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for dress shirt 

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Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dress shirt was in 1849

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“Dress shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20shirt. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.

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