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Meaning of word white-shoe from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Denoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative.

Example : The politician tried to hide his white-shoe background.

blow up (verb)
Cause to burst with a violent release of energy.

precursor (noun)
A substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction).

telescope (verb)
Crush together or collapse.

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

guff (noun)
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).

with child (adjective)
In an advanced stage of pregnancy.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

ordnance store (noun)
Military supplies.