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View definitions for button-down shirt

button-down shirt

noun as in dress shirt

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Underneath, his black button-down shirt is missing more than a few buttons, exposing tastefully manscaped chest hair, a thick gold chain adorning his neck.

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McLeod, 44, dressed in a short-sleeve button-down shirt and a pair of Hoka Bondi 7s, spends most of our walk pointing out factoids about buildings gleaned from research he’s done ahead of time.

Back then, I thought the only way to work in fashion was to become a fashion designer, so I started studying fashion design, but quickly realized I didn’t have the patience to sew a button-down shirt.

Sitting a few rows back from the stage in his signature light-blue button-down shirt, Ballmer clapped along with Mars’ peppy tune and happily received a round of back-slaps from the pals seated around him.

It’s reasonable to ask someone who wants to be put in charge of the country’s most urgent life-or-death decisions to demonstrate that she can handle a few pointed inquiries about immigration from an irritating, 42-year-old Ivy League alumnus wearing a blue button-down shirt.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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