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shirtwaist definition

☆ shirt·waist (-wāst′)

noun

  1. Archaic a woman's blouse or bodice tailored more or less like a shirt
  2. a dress with a bodice like this
    in full shirtwaist dress

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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