Hawaiian shirt

noun

: a usually short-sleeved sport shirt with a colorful pattern

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Racking up over 10,000 sales this month, this adorable set features Stitch in a Hawaiian shirt holding an ice cream cone. Melissa Epifano, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2024 The three-day event regularly draws some of the sport’s best ball clubs — this year’s eight-team field features No. 2 UConn, No. 4 Auburn, No. 5 Iowa State and No. 10 North Carolina — and coaches wearing Hawaiian shirts and leis on the sidelines has become iconic. Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024 Years before that, though, the first-ever Sexiest Man Alive wore a lot of Hawaiian shirts as Freddy Shoop in 1987's Summer School. Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024 Charles seems to have a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap? Alice Burton, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Hawaiian shirt 

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Hawaiian shirt was in 1952

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“Hawaiian shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hawaiian%20shirt. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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