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   shirt

   /ʃəːt/

   noun

   • 1. a garment for the upper body made of cotton or a similar fabric, with a collar and sleeves, and with buttons down the front: "tonight he's smartly dressed in shirt and tie"
   • ▪ a garment similar to a shirt, made of stretchable material and typically having a short row of buttons at the neck, worn as casual wear or for sports: "a rugby shirt"
   • ▪ used to refer to membership of a particular sports team: "Smith increased his chances of a Great Britain shirt with a penalty shot save"

   Word Origin Old Englishscyrte, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skyrta (compare with skirt), Dutch schort, German Schürze ‘apron’, also to short; probably from a base meaning ‘short garment’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. shirted adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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