shirtwaist

See also: shirt-waist and shirt waist

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• shirt-waist
• shirt waist

EtymologyEdit

shirt +‎ waist

NounEdit

shirtwaist (plural shirtwaists)

1. (US) A woman's tailored blouse, buttoned down the front.
   • 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin 2000, p. 109:

     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 […].

SynonymsEdit

• shirtwaister

See alsoEdit

• shirtdress