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shirtwaister

shirt·waist
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shurt-weyst]
    • /ˈʃɜrtˌweɪst/
    • /ʃɜːt.ˈweɪ.stə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shurt-weyst]
    • /ˈʃɜrtˌweɪst/

Definitions of shirtwaister word

  • noun shirtwaister a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women. 1
  • noun shirtwaister Also called shirt-dress, shirtwaist dress, shirtwaister. a dress with a bodice and a front opening tailored like those of a dress shirt. 1
  • noun shirtwaister a woman's dress with a tailored bodice resembling a shirt 0
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Origin of shirtwaister

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80; shirt + waist

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Parts of speech for Shirtwaister

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Shirtwaister

shirtwaister popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

shirtwaister usage trend in Literature

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