polo shirt
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polo shirt
- /ˈpəʊləʊ ˌʃɜːt/ UK
- /ˈpoʊloʊ ˌʃɝt/ US
Where it comes from
From polo + shirt; so called because they were initially modeled on the type of shirt worn from the 1920s by polo players.
noun polo shirts
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A casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar and a small number of buttons extending a short distance below the collar (and not all the way down the front of the shirt).
[…] the necessity for yet another place at which to buy a polo shirt or a pair of flip-flops may not be apparent to the town's residents […]
Similar: golf shirt, tennis shirt
Translations
Talk about this word "polo shirt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/polo%20shirt. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. polo shirt. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/polo%20shirt "polo shirt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/polo%20shirt.Cite this
@misc{polo_shirt_2026,
title = {polo shirt},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/polo%20shirt},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
