: of, associated with, or characteristic of the privileged moneyed upper class : upper-crust
a white-shoe law firm

Examples of white-shoe in a Sentence

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Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of white-shoe was in 1957

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“White-shoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white-shoe. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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