shirtfront
Noun
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Noun
shirtfront (plural shirtfronts)
- The front part of a shirt.
- A detachable insert that simulates the front of a shirt.
- (cricket) A pitch that is easy to bat on.
- (Australian rules football) A head-on charge aimed at bumping an opponent to the ground.
- (real estate, slang) An attractive facade applied only to the front of a house.
- 1927, The Bricklayer, Mason and Plasterer (volumes 30-32, page 100)
- It is explained that a "shirt front" building is one of which only the street elevation is given a finished architectural treatment, the sides and back being of cheaper material, with no attempt at unification with the front.
- 1967, The Appraisal of Real Estate (page 132)
- False fronts, frequently called "shirt fronts," are futile attempts to make a small, cheap house pass for something larger and more valuable.
- 1927, The Bricklayer, Mason and Plasterer (volumes 30-32, page 100)
- Spanish: peto
shirtfront (shirtfronts, present participle shirtfronting; past and past participle shirtfronted)
- (transitive, AU, politics) To confront in a threatening manner.
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