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shirtwaist

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shirt·waist  (shûrtwst)
n.
1. A woman's blouse or bodice styled like a tailored shirt.
2. See shirtdress.
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Noun1.shirtwaistshirtwaist - a blouse with buttons down the front; "in Britain they call a shirtwaist a shirtwaister"
blouse - a top worn by women
Translations
shirtwaist [ˈʃɜːtweɪst] N (US) → blusa f (de mujer)


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The last evening you flamed out into beauty you wore your old blue flannel shirtwaist that Mrs.
She dropped her iron on the shirtwaist, clutched at the board, fumbled it, caved in at the knees and hips, and like a half-empty sack collapsed on the floor, her long shriek rising in the pent room to the acrid smell of scorching cloth.
She wears a white shirtwaist, which represents, perhaps, half a week's labor painting cans.
 
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