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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Images of security forces lining Tiananmen Square again surfaced on Wednesday, though the square stood relatively empty.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2025
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The square is envisioned as an epicenter of art, theater and community gathering, said Tyler Stamets, a member of the Community Heritage Foundation board and the concert coordinator.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2025
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“Standpatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standpatter. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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