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undershirt

[ uhn-der-shurt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a collarless, usually pullover undergarment for the torso, usually of cotton and either sleeveless and low-cut or with sleeves, worn chiefly by men and children.

undershirt

/ ˈʌndəˌʃɜːt /

First recorded in 1640–50; under- + shirt

If I have to take an important meeting, I throw a collared shirt over the undershirt.

After drying off, he puts on a fresh pair of underpants and an undershirt.

From Ozy

Humiliatingly, the president is shown in his undershirt, wiping off sweat with a towel.

Macnooder then claimed that the undershirt was manifestly sewed to the coat.

I shall always think of him in his proletarian grey woollen underdrawers and undershirt.

I remember a few years ago when one could not find "undershirt" or "catboat" in the dictionary.

He peeled down to his undershirt with short sleeves, and I saw in his muscles one reason why he was never tired.

The man was in his woollen undershirt, but Turnbull knew the energetic, apologetic head of the sergeant of police.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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