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In American English, a tank top is a sleeveless shirt-like garment that can be worn by either sex. It is often worn under the shirt as an underwear, though more colourful and well-designed tanks are usually worn as a shirt. The term is also used in Australian English, although the term singlet is more common in Australia. In British English, the term vest is used, while "tank top" refers to a sleeveless pullover, as worn by Clive Phillips. In India, such a vest, primarily designed to be an undershirt, is called a baniyaan. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
A sleeveless T-shirt is, as the name sounds, a T-shirt with the sleeves cut off, or simply without the sleeves. ...
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Business shirt A shirt is a piece of clothing for the trunk of the body. ...
Australian English (AuE) is the form of the English language used in Australia. ...
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A vest (waistcoat) A vest is a type of garment. ...
A jumper from Marks & Spencer A sweater (also called sweatshirt, pullover, jumper, and jersey) is a relatively heavy garment intended to cover the torso and arms of the human body (though, in some cases, sweaters are made for dogs and occasionally other animals) and typically to be worn over a...
A vest is a type of mens garment. ...
Origin of name
The name Tank top, recorded in English since 1968, derives from its resemblance to a tank suit, a style of one-piece women's swimsuit with shoulder straps, so called since the 1920s, because it was worn in a "swimming tank," an obsolete term for what are now called "swimming pools." A female swimming version of the tank top, the tankini (a portmanteau of the words "tank top" and "bikini"), is also an option. Tank suit is a term used for a certain type of swimsuit. ...
A swimsuit (also swimmers), bathing suit (also bathers), aqua jammies or swimming costume (sometimes shortened to cozzie) is an item of clothing designed to be worn for swimming. ...
For the 2003 film, see Swimming Pool (film). ...
A typical tankini Another tankini A tankini is a type of two-piece swimsuit. ...
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Uses Tank tops are often worn by athletes in sports such as track and field and bicycling. Tank tops have been popular warm-weather casual wear in the United States since the 1980s and are regarded as acceptable public casual dress in most locales there. Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ...
Cycling is a recreation, a transport across land. ...
The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ...
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