Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - stuffed shirt
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(stuffed shirts) If you describe someone, especially someone with an important position, as a stuffed shirt, you mean that they are extremely formal and old-fashioned. (INFORMAL) In a pinstriped suit he instantly looked like a stuffed shirt. N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Date: 1904 a smug, conceited, and usually pompous person often with an inflexibly conservative or reactionary attitude ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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{n. phr.} A pretentious bore; a pompous, empty person. * /I think that Howard is a terrible stuffed shirt with no sense of humor./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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