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shirtwaists

shirtwaists is the plural of shirtwaist.

Meaning of shirtwaist

Noun

shirtwaist (plural shirtwaists)

  1. (US) A woman's tailored blouse, buttoned down the front.
    • 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 […].1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 109
    Synonyms:
    shirtwaister

Questions about shirtwaists

What is shirtwaists the plural of?
Shirtwaists is the plural of shirtwaist.

Words near shirtwaists in the dictionary

  1. shirtwaist blouse
  2. shirtwaist blouses
  3. shirtwaisted
  4. shirtwaister
  5. shirtwaisters
  6. shirtwaists
  7. shirtwise
  8. shirty
  9. Shirvan
  10. Shirvani
  11. Shirvanis

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