English Explanatory Dictionary

boiled shirt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A freshly laundered white shirt.

Word forms

boiled shirt boiled shirts

Etymology

John 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."

Synonyms

boiled rag
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