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white–shoe

adjective \ˈhwīt-ˈshü, ˈwīt-\

Definition of WHITE-SHOE

:  of, associated with, or characteristic of the privileged moneyed upper class :  upper-crust <a white–shoe law firm>
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First Known Use of WHITE-SHOE

1957

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