"shirtlet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shirtlets [plural]
Etymology: shirt + -let Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shirt|let}} shirt + -let Head templates: {{en-noun}} shirtlet (plural shirtlets)
  1. A small shirt.
    Sense id: en-shirtlet-en-noun-Cne6RX6f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -let

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1897, Robert J. Burdette, Chimes from a Jester's Bells",
          "text": "She saw Rollo sitting in the middle of the bed with his arms tightly manacled to the side of his head by a twisted shirtlet which crossed his face in many folds, concealing from sight all his features save two tearbrimmed blue eyes, and at the same time effectually smothering all attempts at speech, even of the most primitive character.",
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          "ref": "1992, Narodni muzej--Beograd, Zbornik radova - Volume 14, page 223",
          "text": "The ornaments were ingrooved all over the dued blue shirtlet and are constituted of straight and curved grooves, transversal incisions, plinted sloped punctures on the calote of the armour, that are sporadically flaked ( T. I , 1a : T. II . 1a ).",
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          "ref": "2014, Andrew Levine, Lullaby, page 15",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, “Doll-in-the-Grass”, in The Witches' Almanac: Issue 36, Spring 2017 to 2018, page 139",
          "text": "Boots set off with it back to the castle, apprehensive of what his father would think of the shirtlet.",
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