boiled shirt
boiled shirt · boiled shirts
A freshly laundered white shirtA freshly laundered white shirt.
Meaning
1 senses(dated, slang)A freshly laundered white shirt.
Origin
John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) states: "In the mining camps, and rough partsJohn Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) states: "In the mining camps, and rough parts generally, a white shirt is called a biled^([sic]) shirt to distinguish it from the usual woollen garment, which cannot be boiled."
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Forms
plural: boiled shirts| Singular | boiled shirt |
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