white-shoe


white–shoe

adj \ˈhwīt-ˈshü, ˈwīt-\

Definition of WHITE-SHOE

: of, associated with, or characteristic of the privileged moneyed upper class : upper-crust <a white–shoe law firm>

First Known Use of WHITE-SHOE

1957

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