sleeve : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
  windsock; wind sock; air sock; sock; drogue; wind cone; air-sleeve.
  

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Bish"op sleeve`

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1. A wide sleeve, once worn by women.

Webster 1913

• noun a sleeve with a large armhole and tight cuff
  

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• . (a) Strips of the same stuff as the gown, hanging down the back from the shoulders. (b) Loose, flowing sleeves.

Webster 1913

• a conical strainer, made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannel of linen.

Webster 1913

• noun a sleeve extending from shoulder to wrist
  

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• a full sleeve like that of the English clerical gown. Swift.

Webster 1913

• noun a sleeve that extends in one piece to the neckline of a coat or sweater with seams from the armhole to the neck
  

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• noun a sleeve for storing a phonograph record
  record cover.
  

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• noun a sleeve extending from the shoulder to the elbow
  

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• a detachable button to fasten the wristband or cuff.

Webster 1913

• two bars or buttons linked together, and used to fasten a cuff or wristband.

Webster 1913

• to laugh privately or unperceived, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at; that is, perhaps, originally, by hiding the face in the wide sleeves of former times.
• or to laugh up one's sleeve , to laugh secretly, or so as not to be observed, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at.

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• to be, or make, dependent upon.

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• to expose one's feelings or intentions; to be frank or impulsive.

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• noun a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
  windsock; wind sock; air sock; sock; drogue; wind cone; air-sleeve.
  

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