Meaning of dress shirt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A collared shirt with buttons worn as part of a formal, business or business casual outfit.
   US
2. A formal, eveningwear shirt with buttons, often worn as part of a black tie or white tie dress code.
   UK

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Examples

“First off, you certainly wouldn’t want to rock up to work sporting a dress shirt. Not unless you’re the Queen’s butler or one of those gents who holds the doors open at posh department stores. No, a dress shirt is to be worn exclusively as part of a black-tie outfit, most commonly a tuxedo.”

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