polo shirt

noun

: a close-fitting pullover often knit shirt with short or long sleeves and turnover collar or banded neck

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The retailers also offer a mix of cotton-rich pieces for school uniforms, including tagless polo shirts, scooter skirts and pants. Catherine Salfino, Sourcing Journal, 8 Aug. 2025 The brand also offers T-shirts, knitwear, polo shirts and suits in light fabrics such as twill and seersucker, with prices ranging from 75 pounds to 695 pounds. Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025 The lobby was hushed and spacious, with two eager young receptionists in matching polo shirts. Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025 Bezos kept to the typical menswear at F1 style formula: A navy polo shirt, close-fitting white chinos, and navy and white sneakers—twinning with his own set of flying sunnies. Vogue, 26 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for polo shirt

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of polo shirt was in 1887

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“Polo shirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polo%20shirt. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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polo shirt

noun
: a close-fitting pullover shirt of knitted fabric
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