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muscle shirt

American  

noun

  1. Slang.  a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.


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He typed in the keywords for what he wanted — a specific muscle shirt he’d seen around.

From Washington Post

The elevator stopped a few floors below mine, and a young man in a muscle shirt stepped on, wearing no mask.

From Scientific American

Wearing a red muscle shirt with a drawing of a gold trumpet - this year’s answer to the “Baby Shark” phenomenon of 2019 - Washington Nationals center fielder Victor Robles sat down for his postgame video conference and announced, “Hi, guys!”

From Washington Times

His muscle shirt is surprisingly more dry than wet when he first enters the house after the rain begins falling — again, blame continuity — and, oddly, his hosts never suggest he get out of those wet clothes.

From Salon

When he performed his breakout hit, “Suge,” at the BET Awards this summer, he appeared onstage in a muscle shirt, looking like a pumped-up Popeye.

From New York Times