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Stuffed shirt

stuffed shirt
{n. phr.} A pretentious bore; a pompous, empty person. * /I think that Howard is a terrible stuffed shirt with no sense of humor./
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1.
  ~ n someone who behaves in a very formal way and thinks that they are important ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  (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
3.
   noun  Date: 1904 a smug, conceited, and usually pompous person often with an inflexibly conservative or reactionary attitude ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
  1. пренебр. чванливое, напыщенное ничтожество ...
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