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Meanings of shirtwaist in English

A blouse with buttons down the front.

Usage of shirtwaist in English
1
You ought to see the way those same shirtwaist stack up here.
Buttered Side Down: Stories
2
Despite her attempts to keep clean, her shirtwaist smelled faintly of vomit.
Her mother's hope
3
But she wore no hat or cloak, merely a shirtwaist and skirt.
The Golem and the Jinni
4
Exceedingly pretty, she wore a white shirtwaist and tailored dark green skirt.
In the shadow of gotham
5
She had dressed herself in a simple skirt and shirtwaist of spotless white.
The Foolish Virgin
6
If the shirtwaist was hers, how did that fellow get possession of it?
The Mansion of Mystery / Being a Certain Case of Importance, Tak...
7
Her shirtwaist gleamed white against the weathered brown of the palmetto.
Iron lace
8
She worked in a shirtwaist factory, and this Italian girl, Margarita, was her chum.
Youth and the Bright Medusa
9
When she returned she had on a clean shirtwaist and had combed her hair.
Windy McPherson's Son
10
He concentrated-andher shirtwaist began to smolder beneath his hands.
The Golem and the Jinni
11
She wore something with ballooning sleeves and a tight shirtwaist.
Anno Dracula
12
Resolutely he occluded blue eyes, silk shirtwaist, and admirable chin from his mental vision.
The Haunted Bookshop
13
What does your latest charmer wear- askirtand a shirtwaist?
The Strange Case of Cavendish
14
She'd still wore her Sunday best, a white shirtwaist dotted with pink polka dots.
A match made in texas
15
Tia watched her mother breathing, her chest moving up and down beneath her shirtwaist.
A fierce radiance: a novel
16
There, resplendent in shirtwaist and starched pinafore, was Mama Lou.
The man who ate the 747
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United Kingdom
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