muumuu
Americannoun
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a long, loose-hanging dress, usually brightly colored or patterned, worn especially by Hawaiian women.
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a similar dress worn as a housedress.
Etymology
Origin of muumuu
First recorded in 1920–25; from Hawaiian muʾumuʾu name of the dress, literally, “cut-off”; so called because it originally lacked a yoke
Example Sentences
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Sure, the county supervisor’s sequined, rainbow muumuu was giving her an angry rash.
From Los Angeles Times
The family ran four stores that catered to tourists, selling aloha shirts and muumuus along with leis that Vierra’s husband, Mike Vierra, would make from plumeria blossoms he picked in their yard.
From Seattle Times
Ms. Lake, who has publicly discussed her struggles with hair loss, had a gray pixie cut and was wearing an orange tie-dye muumuu.
From New York Times
“Like, the urine smell, the woman in the muumuu, the stray cats.”
From Washington Post
“I am challenging the call-out culture,” Professor Ross said from her home in Atlanta, where she was lecturing on Zoom to students on a recent evening, in a blue muumuu from Ghana.
From New York Times
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