"boiled shirt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boiled shirts [plural]
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." Etymology templates: {{sic}} ^([sic]) Head templates: {{en-noun}} boiled shirt (plural boiled shirts)
  1. (dated) A freshly laundered white shirt. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-boiled_shirt-en-noun-O7rw0g~M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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