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Also known as golf shirt, tennis shirt

shirt with a collar

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A polo shirt, tennis shirt, golf shirt, or chukker shirt is a form of shirt with a collar. Polo shirts are usually short sleeved but can be long. They were used by polo players originally in British India in 1859 and in Great Britain during the 1920s.

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