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white-shoe

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white-shoe (hwtsh)
adj.
Of or being a long-established business known for reputable service and a wealthy clientele: "took a job at ... [a] pronouncedly white-shoe investment-banking firm" Connie Bruck.
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Adj.1.white-shoe - denoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative; "the politician tried to hide his white-shoe background"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
exclusive - excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops"


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