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white-shoe

[ hwahyt-shoo, wahyt ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to members of the upper class who own or run large corporations:

    white-shoe bankers; a conservative white-shoe image.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of white-shoe1

First recorded in 1975–80; apparently from the white shoes popular as moderately formal wear among suburban men c1980
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Example Sentences

Dutifully, she went to work for a white-shoe law firm, then became deputy general counsel for a Wall Street investment firm.

The white-shoe firm is cutting back on bankers and traders, and doubling down on the old-fashioned brokerage business.

Logline: A young New-Jersey-born lawyer competes with her wealthier colleagues at a white-shoe Manhattan law firm.

Before he retired recently from the white shoe law firm Milbank Tweed, Blattmachr counted many rich folks among his clients.

And what about people who live in the South, the hub of the white-shoe rule, where there is warm weather year round?

Change in last scene to tight-fitting black suit, ruffled collar and cravat, white shoe guards, black square-crowned hat.

A shadow fell across the path; across the bride's white shoe.

From beneath her skirt the toe of a small white shoe tapped the deck angrily.

He kicked one foot out, and disgustedly contemplated a burst white shoe, while the duck trousers cracked.

From the tip of her white shoe to the tip of her hat she was the futile and exquisite essence of Gotham.

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