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		thaumasiotes on Oct 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cache of 19th-Century Blue Jeans Discovered in Aba... I know it's an idiom; that's why I said "not in any normal sense of that phrase". Losing your shirt would ordinarily refer to taking huge losses. You can't do that unless you've got stuff to lose.

ElfinTrousers on Oct 29, 2022 [–]

Excellent point, thank you for enlightening me. I will go back and make corrections post-haste.

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