What does white-shoe mean?
White-shoe means (US, slang) A stereotypical male Ivy League college student..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(US, slang) A stereotypical male Ivy League college student..
Dulles had been a junior diplomat after World War I and a white-shoe Wall Street lawyer in the Depression.
In “Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change,” Ellen K. Pao traces a journey of disillusionment that culminated in the lawsuit she brought against her employer, the white-shoe venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, for gender discrimination.
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White-shoe means (US, slang) A stereotypical male Ivy League college student..
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Dulles had been a junior diplomat after World War I and a white-shoe Wall Street lawyer in the Depression.
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