as in stuffed shirt
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Noun
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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.—
NBC News,
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,
The Economist,
25 Feb. 2020
Noun
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Others are drawn to the color’s comforting associations—like a handful of barbacoa in a supple tortilla, a steamy plate of dal, a square of chocolate—because our mind tells us these foods are safely cooked and invite savoring.—
Bedatri D. Choudhury,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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Plus, the loose squares and pocket-friendly tins are more neatly packable for activities like backpacking and bikepacking.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Standpatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standpatter. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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