as in conservative
a person with old-fashioned ideas
the stuffed shirts in this organization don't seem to realize that without new blood our extinction is inevitable
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Recent Examples of stuffed shirt
With his piano-pounding performances, wild vocals, bouffant hair and makeup, Little Richard burst onto the musical scene in the 1950s and shook up the stuffed shirts with a string of his hit songs that got both black and white people dancing.
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NBC News, 9 May 2020
Karen Knorr’s photos of the private members’ clubs of London in the early 1980s are full of stuffed shirts wearing gleaming brogues.
—The Economist, 25 Feb. 2020
For this case, he has been contracted by a bunch of white-haired stuffed shirts with medals on their chests to find anyone who enabled the Kansas City suicide bombers, who crossed into the United States via the Mexican border.
—Katie Walsh, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2018
NBC News, 9 May 2020
Karen Knorr’s photos of the private members’ clubs of London in the early 1980s are full of stuffed shirts wearing gleaming brogues.
—The Economist, 25 Feb. 2020
For this case, he has been contracted by a bunch of white-haired stuffed shirts with medals on their chests to find anyone who enabled the Kansas City suicide bombers, who crossed into the United States via the Mexican border.
—Katie Walsh, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stuffed shirt
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Democrats have run several bills over the past few years to protect trans youth, in particular, a move that conservatives have decried as government interference with families.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
14 Jan. 2026
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But the six conservatives, a majority of them seemed not persuaded by that argument.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The coalition’s duties include advising city staff on veteran issues, selecting the annual Veteran of the Year and contributing to the maintenance of the city’s veterans memorial.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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Derrick Merrin, her 2024 challenger, is launching a rematch, and Air Force veteran Alea Nadeem is also vying for the Republican nomination.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Public power is the answer to this fossil-fuel graft.—
Diana Moreno,
New York Daily News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Like Homo antecessor, the Casablanca fossils have a mix of characteristics from Homo erectus, ourselves and our cousins.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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In Zac’s report, Schoonmaker addressed Powell’s legendary filmmaking partnership with Emeric Pressburger, which spawned films such as The Red Shoes, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and Black Narcissus.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 Aug. 2025
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Powell is perhaps best known for his creative partnership with Emeric Pressburger, which produced some of the most brilliant British films of the 20th century, including The Life of Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947) and The Red Shoes (1948).—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
30 July 2025
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This man performed in all of Shakespeare’s plays, Assumed all parts from mossbacks to boys young.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Sep. 2019
Noun
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Old fogey-ish, ungrateful and stupid.—
Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
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These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't.—
Alison Snyder,
Axios,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Stuffed shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stuffed%20shirt. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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