What does shirt waist mean?
Shirt waist means (US) A woman's tailored blouse, buttoned down the front..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(US) A woman's tailored blouse, buttoned down the front..
The straw seats of the car hovered on the edge of combustion; the woman next to me perspired delicately for a while into her white shirtwaist […].
Use shirt waist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Shirt waist means (US) A woman's tailored blouse, buttoned down the front..
Common synonyms include shirtwaister.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The straw seats of the car hovered on the edge of combustion; the woman next to me perspired delicately for a while into her white shirtwaist […].
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