shirts and skins

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A method of indicating team membership, typically when played by boys or men in informal sporting contests, in which the members of one team (the "skins") remove their shirts and play shirtless, while the others (the "shirts") leave their shirts on.
  2. Any game (especially basketball) played using the above method.

Word forms

shirts and skins
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