muumuu

muumuu
/mooh"mooh'/, n.
1. a long, loose-hanging dress, usually brightly colored or patterned, worn esp. by Hawaiian women.
2. a similar dress worn as a housedress.
[1920-25; < Hawaiian mu'umu'u name of the dress, lit., cut-off; so called because it originally lacked a yoke]

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