Rugby shirt

American  

Or rugby shirt

noun

1. a knitted pullover sport shirt usually in bold horizontal stripes and having a white collar and neckline placket, styled after the shirts traditionally worn by the members of Rugby teams.

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Example Sentences

Debbie Clapham, from Stowe-on-the-Wolde in Gloucestershire, has bought an enamel poppy and is pinning it on her husband Sean's rugby shirt.

From BBC

Orlando said he was keen to hear the Welsh language, pick up a rugby shirt and try Welsh cakes.

From BBC

Nelson Mandela, the former political prisoner turned unifying president of a nation, handed over the trophy to captain Francois Pienaar while wearing a South Africa rugby shirt bearing the Springbok badge - a symbol previously reviled by non-whites in the country because it was so strongly associated with the apartheid era.

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At the beginning Linda had no wetsuit, so wore a rugby shirt, cut-off jeans, plimsolls and rubber gloves.

From BBC

Wales Rugby League said: "Dai, as he was affectionately known, is recognised as one of the greatest Welshmen to have ever pulled on a rugby shirt."

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