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SLEEVE (O. Eng. slieve, slyf, a word allied to " slip," cf. Dutch sloof, apron) , that See also: part of a garment which covers the arm, or through which the arm passes or slips
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The See also: pattern of the sleeve is one of the characteristics of fashion in dress, varying in every country and See also: period
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Various survivals of the early forms of sleeve are still found in the different types of See also: academic or other robes (q.v.)
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Where the long See also: hanging sleeve is worn it has, as still in See also: China and See also: Japan, been used as a See also: pocket, whence has come the phrase " to have up one's sleeve," to have something concealed ready to produce
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There are many other proverbial and metaphorical expressions associated with the sleeve, such as "to See also: wear one's See also: heart upon one's sleeve," " to laugh in one's sleeve," &c
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In technical usage a " sleeve " is a tubeinto which another See also: tube is inserted, which in the See also: case of small tubes is called a See also: thimble
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