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boiled shirt

boiled shirt noun: a freshly laundered white shirt.

Noun

boiled shirt (plural boiled shirts)

  1. (dated, slang) A freshly laundered white shirt.
    Synonyms:
    boiled rag

Synonyms of boiled shirt

Forms of boiled shirt

pluralboiled shirts

Origin of boiled shirt

John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) states: "In the mining camps, and rough parts generally, a white shirt is called a biled^([sic]) shirt to distinguish it from the usual woollen garment, which cannot be boiled."

Questions about boiled shirt

What does boiled shirt mean?
Boiled shirt means a freshly laundered white shirt.
What part of speech is boiled shirt?
Boiled shirt is a noun.
What is the plural of boiled shirt?
The plural of boiled shirt is boiled shirts.

Words near boiled shirt in the dictionary

  1. boiled frogs
  2. boiled off
  3. boiled over
  4. boiled rag
  5. boiled rags
  6. boiled shirt
  7. boiled shirts
  8. boiled someone's piss
  9. boiled sweet
  10. boiled sweets
  11. boiled the ocean

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