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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: Because it is shaped like the letter T

T-shirt

 noun
     
T-shirt
Related topics: Clothes
T-shirt , tee-shirt [countable]
DCC a soft shirt with short sleeves and no collar:
She was wearing jeans and a T-shirt.
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