white-shoe

adjective \ 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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