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White-shoe

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Effeminate or immature. US, slang
  2. 2
    Establishment; pertaining to mainstream US social power-structures. US, slang

    "Dulles had been a junior diplomat after World War I and a white-shoe Wall Street lawyer in the Depression."

Adjective
  1. 1
    denoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A stereotypical male Ivy League college student. US, slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

For the noun, from their traditional footwear. For the adjective, from the preponderance of Ivy League graduates hired by such firms.

Etymology 2

For the noun, from their traditional footwear. For the adjective, from the preponderance of Ivy League graduates hired by such firms.

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