shirttails
Fabric below waistband
Shirttails are the lower portions of a shirt that hang below the waist, typically tucked into pants or left hanging.
The word appears in expressions about close family relationships: a shirttail relative or shirttail cousin is distantly related, connected only loosely to the main family line.
To ride someone's shirttails is to advance through their success rather than your own effort.
Folded garment edge
- placketReinforced garment slit
- cuffSleeve or trouser terminus
- collarNeck encirclement
- sleeveGarment's arm portion
yoke · seam · buttonhole · fabric · stitching · cotton · oxford · poplin
Untidy in appearance
- rumpledCrinkled from neglect
- messyLacking order or neatness
- sloppyCareless and untidy
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
loose · flapping · trailing · tucked · untucked · wrinkled · casual · careless
State of being immature
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- playfulnessLighthearted, frisky spirit
- runningSwift foot travel
- barefootWearing no shoes
carefree · summer · outdoors · mischief · romping · scampering · flying · flapping
Connected by blood
- connectionA joining or relation
- distantFar away or aloof
- relationConnection or kin
- ancestryFamily line of descent
family · lineage · tenuous · remote · marginal · peripheral · associated · linked
hem
Folded garment edge
sleeve · yoke · seam · buttonhole · fabric · stitching · cotton · oxford · poplin · flannel
disheveled
Untidy in appearance
unkempt · loose · flapping · trailing · tucked · untucked · wrinkled · casual · careless · hasty
youth
State of being immature
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- playfulnessLighthearted, frisky spirit
- runningSwift foot travel
barefoot · carefree · summer · outdoors · mischief · romping · scampering · flying · flapping · wind
relative
Connected by blood
- connectionA joining or relation
- distantFar away or aloof
- relationConnection or kin
ancestry · family · lineage · tenuous · remote · marginal · peripheral · associated · linked