T-shirt
or tee-shirt, tee shirt
[tee-shurt]
- a lightweight, usually knitted, pullover shirt, close-fitting and with a round neckline and short sleeves, worn as an undershirt or outer garment.
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Origin of T-shirt
First recorded in 1940–45; named from its shape
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Examples from the Web for t-shirt
Contemporary Examples
Marvin takes off his T-shirt and dives into his swimming pool.
There was a handy distraction in the Che t-shirt the tourist was wearing while celebrating the death.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left BehindBrin-Jonathan Butler
December 19, 2014
He was standing on the corner and wearing only a T-shirt and jeans, and this was 11:30 at night and it was really cold.
This professional seducer, of sorts, has been pictured holding a T-shirt reading “Diss Fatties, Bang Hotties.”
The kid wore a white T-shirt with the collar stretched loosely around the top of his smooth chest.
Historical Examples
Did he say that he had a T-shirt on and no one else had a T-shirt on?
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
My jeans and t-shirt were back in my cell, laundered and folded.
Little BrotherCory Doctorow
He pressed down with the T-shirt, trying to stanch the blood.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves TownCory Doctorow
He had on a white T-shirt under a brown shirt, and a pair of black pants.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
He said it wasn't fair, him being showed up in a T-shirt and being photographed in a T-shirt and all that.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
T-shirt
tee shirt
- a lightweight simple garment for the upper body, usually short-sleeved
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Word Origin
so called because of its shape
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Word Origin and History for t-shirt
T-shirt
n.
1920, in reference to the shape it makes when laid out flat.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper