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stuffed shirt

One who is overly official or officious; somebody in charge but not necessarily in power or effective.
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The entire management team is full of stuffed shirts who can’t seem to make up their minds..

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'stuffed shirt':

Stuffed ShirtA self-conceited person who brags about himself, to give self-importance
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polo shirtGive Someone the Shirt off Your Backstuffed to the gillskeep one's shirt onkeep your shirt onLose Your Shirtbeen there, done that, got the t-shirtbeen there, done that, got the T-shirtshort sleeved shirtt shirtKeep Your Shirt Onlose one's shirtget one's shirt outlook down one's shirt

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