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t-shirt

UK/ˈtiːʃɜːt/US/ˈtiːʃɚt/
phraseA1leans spoken

A t-shirt is a simple soft top with short sleeves and no buttons. A plain white t-shirt.

It is named from its shape, which is a T when laid flat with the sleeves out. The t-shirt began as underwear and became a thing to print on.

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Definitions of t-shirt

  1. 1phraset-shirtA simple soft top with short sleeves and no buttons.A1

    “He owned nine of the same black t-shirt.”

t-shirt is clothing.

Also accepted in games: tee shirt, tshirt

Where it comes from

T-shirt comes from its shape, 1920s.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Clothes & Fashion

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