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chemise lifter

chemise lifter noun: a lesbian.

Noun

chemise lifter (plural chemise lifters)

  1. (UK, slang) A lesbian.
    • Maddy watched the chemise-lifter execute her caricatured saunter out of frame and back to her cell for the 8 a.m. lock-up.2012, Kathy Lette, Mad Cows, page 114
    Synonyms:
    female homosexual

Synonyms of chemise lifter

  • female homosexual

Forms of chemise lifter

pluralchemise lifters

Origin of chemise lifter

Based on earlier shirt lifter, a chemise being a feminine style of shirt.

Questions about chemise lifter

What does chemise lifter mean?
Chemise lifter means a lesbian.
What part of speech is chemise lifter?
Chemise lifter is a noun.
What is the plural of chemise lifter?
The plural of chemise lifter is chemise lifters.

Words near chemise lifter in the dictionary

  1. chemiresistor
  2. chemiresistors
  3. chemise
  4. chemise cagoule
  5. chemise cagoules
  6. chemise lifter
  7. chemise lifters
  8. chemised
  9. chemises
  10. chemisette
  11. chemisetted

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