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shirtwaist
(redirected from shirtwaist dress)

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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.shirtwaist - a blouse with buttons down the frontshirtwaist - a blouse with buttons down the front; "in Britain they call a shirtwaist a shirtwaister"
shirtwaister
blouse - a top worn by women
Translations
shirtwaist [ˈʃɜːtweɪst] N (US) → blusa f (de mujer)
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Byline: The Register-Guard A young woman dressed in a linen shirtwaist dress with matching hat, snaps a picture with a box camera of a person who was photographing her at the same time.
LOOKING BACK by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard We've come a long way from the picture-perfect generation of American families (if it ever really existed) that sat down every night to a perfectly laid table with a cooked-from-scratch meal served by a smiling mom in a shirtwaist dress and apron.
MEALS ON THE GO by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
But I think the shirtwaist dress soon will be replacing suits,'' he added.
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