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Truman shirts

Truman shirts is the plural of Truman shirt.

Meaning of Truman shirt

Noun

Truman shirt (plural Truman shirts)

  1. A type of comfortable, vibrant, tropical-printed, short-sleeved, sport shirt.
    • Bond noted the small grudging mouths of the women, the sun gleaming on their pince-nez; the stringy, collapsed chests and arms of the men displayed to the sunshine in Truman shirts.1954, Ian Fleming, “Death of a Pelican”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 135

Questions about Truman shirts

What is Truman shirts the plural of?
Truman shirts is the plural of Truman shirt.

Words near Truman shirts in the dictionary

  1. truly
  2. truly yours
  3. Truman
  4. Truman Doctrine
  5. Truman shirt
  6. Truman shirts
  7. Truman Show delusion
  8. Truman syndrome
  9. Trumanesque
  10. Trumanian
  11. Trumanomics

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