body shirt

noun

1
: a close-fitting shirt or blouse
2
: a woman's close-fitting top made with a sewn-in or snapped crotch

Examples of body shirt in a Sentence

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Love that summer uniform…the tank-top jumpsuit s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d like taffy over the chocolate net, see-through, pectoralis major body shirt. Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Sep. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1780, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of body shirt was in 1780

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“Body shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20shirt. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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