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
Example Sentences
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That old concert T-shirt in the back of your closet could be worth money—maybe a lot of money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Spending her Saturday not in uniform but in a T-shirt and jeans, she would like to enjoy a coffee outside -- and resents that her more religious compatriots think otherwise.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
If you could even find a Ramones T-shirt in the ’70s or ’80s, you weren’t going to wear it anywhere besides a Ramones concert unless you wanted to find yourself in an argument, or worse.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Reeve wore a "Trans Kids Belong" T-shirt before Minnesota played Indiana earlier this month and was seen speaking to Cunningham on court before the game.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
But when he pulled back the neck of his T-shirt he saw that the skin underneath was unmarked.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Dan took me on a short tour of the T-shirts.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Merchandise available on Count Binface's website includes T-shirts with the slogan "I fight fascists and extortionate croissants".
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Around her stood people in T-shirts with the same illustration featured on the church’s bulletin that week: a phoenix representing Boyle Heights rising from the flames of a hellish warehouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
It described an instance in which Alexa acknowledged that Amazon had inaccurately labeled a collection of T-shirts as U.S.-made in a product comparison chart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
It’s freezing with the air-conditioning blasting our soaked T-shirts.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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