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stuffed shirt

Meaning: A man who is tiresome, pompous and selfimportant.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: Daily Life

Origin: Describing someone as a stuffed shirt is clearly disparaging, whereas old fuddy-duddy describes someone who is a harmlessly and often humorously old-fashioned person. The expression stuffed shirt is always used to describe a man, never a woman.

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