Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Usage examples of "short-sleeve".
He had on slacks and a short-sleeved yellow jersey which somehow emphasised his shortness and his fatness and his age.
A thin young man of about twenty, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, brown slacks, a clip-on bow tie, and black shoes that looked like the kind mailmen wear, walked up the front steps and knocked on the door.
The others grouped behind him, pretending not to hear, but I could see their bicep muscles tensing in their short-sleeve shirts.
He was wearing jeans and hiking boots and a short-sleeved chambray shirt that revealed the muscularity of his arms.
One of the chessplayers was a nigger, wearing a gold wristwatch on one brown arm coming out of a short-sleeved pink shirt.
And Sean wore a short-sleeved native baju coat, ending above the waist, cut tight to allow for the swell of breasts.
She wore a short-sleeved, boatneck top with horizontal red-and-white stripes, white canvas pants, and tennies without socks.
She was already wearing her “uniform”—a pair of knee-length white cotton shorts and a short-sleeved turquoise cotton polo shirt with the name Brigadoon printed above the left breast in white letters that matched the script on the bow.
He was buttoning a short-sleeved white dress shirt made out of some kind of gauzy stuff.
Nobody even looked up from their own concerns to notice him… One of the chessplayers was a nigger, wearing a gold wristwatch on one brown arm coming out of a short-sleeved pink shirt.
Well then,” Batra said, folding her arms over an emerald-green, short-sleeved choli that showed off her trim waist and a sparkling garnet tucked in her navel, “maybe you’ll just explain it to me.
The sign had even been repainted in scarlet, and as soon as Craig entered, he recognized the burly red-faced auctioneer in khaki shorts and short-sleeved, open-necked shirt.
This time, instead of bowlers, there appeared to be a softball team—guys in sweatpants and matching short-sleeved shirts that sported the name of a local electrical supply firm in stitching across the back.
This time, instead of bowlers, there appeared to be a softball teamguys in sweatpants and matching short-sleeved shirts that sported the name of a local electrical supply firm in stitching across the back.
Carstairs, a tanned, middle-aged man wearing khaki cargo shorts, a short-sleeved blue workshirt, and a pair of blue felt house slippers, was outside by the Supermare swimming pool.