SINCE 1828
white-shoe
adjective
\ ˈhwīt-ˈshü
, ˈwīt-\
, ˈwīt-\
Definition of white-shoe
: of, associated with, or characteristic of the privileged moneyed upper class : upper-crust
a white-shoe law firm
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