Hawaiian shirt

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Hawaiian shirt

A loose-fitting, collared shirt made of a colorfully printed fabric and usually having short sleeves and buttons down the front. Also called Aloha shirt.

[From the fact that the style originated in Hawaii.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Hawai′ian shirt′

a short-sleeved sport shirt orig. of Hawaii, made of light fabric with colorful designs, esp. of birds and flowers.

Translations

Hawaiian shirt

n → grellbuntes Hemd

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