T-shirt
Americannoun
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T-shirts
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of T-shirt
First recorded in 1940–45; named from its shape
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On his T-shirt were the words "Wangaratta - this is not us!!"
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
White-Sansom was pinned down at a nightclub following a row over him removing his T-shirt because he was too hot, his family said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Zuckerberg spoke alongside Wang at the same keynote address, wearing his new Hillsong pastor drip, the T-shirt this time emblazoned with the slogan “Building is my love language.”
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Wang sports a mullet reminiscent of the podcaster Theo Von—whose show he has appeared on—and wore a camouflage thrift-store T-shirt and Crocs for a recent onstage appearance at the company’s annual developer conference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
When Ridge stepped out of Beejee’s apartment at 9:45, he was wearing old cargo pants—Michael could see the outline of the sumbook resting inside the buttoned front pocket—and a Hootie and the Blowfish T-shirt.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
He’d taken to wearing T-shirts from gay bars and clubs of the 1970s and ’80s, but he couldn’t find one for Portland in time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Kid Rock’s contributions are entirely lifted from inspirational T-shirts, table scraps from rejected Jelly Roll songs.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
Homeboy Silkscreen & Embroidery will make T-shirts featuring the Olympic torch, Homeboy and the official LA28 logo, based on a design by Fabian Debora, who leads the nonprofit’s Art Academy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
T-shirts and souvenirs bearing his features are on sale in a nearby shop, and several businesses have erected large banners to welcome him to Chiclayo.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
In the gym, a table was filled with hundreds of multicolored T-shirts, felt pens, ribbons, and sparkles.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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