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WHITE-SHOE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white-shoe mean?
• WHITE-SHOE (adjective)
The adjective WHITE-SHOE has 1 sense:
1. denoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative
Familiarity information: WHITE-SHOE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Denoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative
Context example:
the politician tried to hide his white-shoe background
Similar:
exclusive (excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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