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muu·muu

(mo͞o′mo͞o′)

A long loose dress that hangs free from the shoulders.

[Hawaiian mu'umu'u, cut off, muumuu (so called because it has short sleeves and a deeply cut neck, in contrast to the European-style dresses introduced to Hawaii earlier).]

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muu•muu

(ˈmuˌmu)

n., pl. -muus.

a long, loose-hanging dress, usu. brightly colored or patterned.

[1920–25; < Hawaiian mu'umu'u, literally, cut-off; so called because it orig. lacked a yoke]

muumuu

A type of long, loose, brightly colored dress originally worn by Hawaiian women.

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