sport shirt

sport shirt
noun
a shirt with short sleeves designed for comfort and casual wear (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑polo shirt
• Hypernyms: ↑shirt

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noun
: a soft shirt styled for casual wear with or without a tie or open at the neck and having long or short sleeves and usually a square bottom for wear inside or outside the trousers

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a long- or short-sleeved soft shirt for informal wear by men, having a squared-off shirttail that may be left outside the trousers, usually worn without a tie.
[1915-20]

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sport shirt,
a comfortable shirt designed for informal wear, usually without a tie: »

He was barefoot and barelegged, wearing only floppy khaki shorts and a checked sport shirt, its tail tumbling outside (Atlantic).

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noun, pl ⋯ shirts [count]
US : an informal shirt; especially : ↑polo shirt — called also sports shirt

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ˈsports shirt f25 [sports shirt] (NAmE also ˈsport shirt) noun
a man's shirt for informal occasions

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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