Hawaiian shirt

English

A man wearing a Hawaiian shirt.

Noun

Hawaiian shirt (plural Hawaiian shirts)

1. A collared, short-sleeved shirt of a style originating in Hawaii, typically having a brightly-colored Polynesian print.

   Synonym: aloha shirt

   • 2005, Cynthia Baxter, Lead a Horse to Murder, Bantem Dell, →ISBN, page 127:

     A bartender in a straw hat was dispensing frozen tropical drinks that were as colorful as the bright flowers splashed across the fabric of his loud Hawaiian shirt.

Quotations

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Translations

aloha shirt — see aloha shirt

Further reading

• aloha shirt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia