stuffed shirt

Definition

One who is pompous or self-important, especially one who is either officious or punctilious in a position of authority.

Example Sentences

• ""Don't you come the high-and-holy on me. You and your smooth, big, phony stuffed-shirt of a father.""
• "Bernstein, am I a stuffed shirt? Am I a horse-faced hypocrite? Am I a New England school marm?"
• "Oh? I remember, you came to Chicago once. Bit of a stuffed shirt, aren't you?"