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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“We’re planning our purchasing down 18%,” says Fleisher about next summer’s plans, wearing a James Perse T-shirt and Maison Margiela sneakers, on a rooftop overlooking tree-lined Aspen Mountain in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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
As Duckhorn, who died in February, used to tell the story: Rinaldi showed up to meet him on his Harley-Davidson, a pack of cigarettes rolled up in the sleeve of his T-shirt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
I see you’re wearing a “Star Wars” T-shirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
She’d be wearing all new clothes — a T-shirt never worn until five minutes before and flip-flops and shorts with flowers on them.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
Soldiers drenched T-shirts in ice water and draped them over antennas that were on the fritz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
At the Denmark game, some fans wore T-shirts spelling out 'Love you Jesus' while others were head-to-toe in Ronaldo merch.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Myanmar state television has broadcast footage of the migrants on the journey home, being led in aerobics classes on a ship deck and wearing T-shirts saying: "Happy voyage back to motherland".
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg was superglued into those Brunello Cucinelli gray T-shirts until he started wearing oversize Amiri tees in an effort to seem cooler.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
He returned with an armload of clothing, mostly T-shirts and sweat-shirts.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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