Meanings
plural Hawaiian shirts
- A collared, short-sleeved shirt of a style originating in Hawaii, typically having a brightly-colored Polynesian print.
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.
2005, Cynthia Baxter, Lead a Horse to Murder, Bantem Dell, →ISBN, page 127Synonyms: aloha shirt
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA collared, short-sleeved shirt of a style originating in Hawaii, typically having a brightly-colored Polynesian print.
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Hawaiian shirt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hawaiian%20shirt
“Hawaiian shirt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hawaiian%20shirt. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hawaiian shirt,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hawaiian%20shirt.
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