About his sombrero ran a heavy width of gold-braid; his shirt was blue silk; his bandana was red; his boots were shop-made beauties, soft and flexible; and on his heels glitteredgilded spurs!

Around the coat he had fastened his belt, and the shirt beneath the coat was common flannel, open at the throat.

If the shirt is cotton, there must be a flannel waistcoat; and the flannel shirt answers the purpose of both, while it is as easily washed as any material.

The difficulties of toilet had, too, been great, and white shirts were things absolutely unknown; so that Jack had never felt really presentable from the time when he landed.

The shirt, when finally dried, was a wonderful thingdone in a sort of mottled, streaky, marbled sky and cloud effect.

In the town you are going to, a boiled shirt is a credential.

"It is a very common mistake to suppose that the shirt is an article of dress of modern invention; on the contrary, it is one of great antiquity, and its coming into general use is the only thing new about it.

In the city of Albany there are hundreds of women in our factories making the shirts that you can buy for $1.50 and $2, and all those women are paid for making the shirts is 4 cents apiece.

Shirts and collars are obviously matters of taste.

His red shirt was a cheerful beacon on our weary way.

Child of the pavement, of strange sonnets and stranger music, I remember thee; I remember the silk shirts, the four sous of Italian cheese, the roll of bread, and the glass of milk;the streets were thy dining-room.