boiled shirt
noun
1.
a formal or semiformal dress shirt with a starched front.
Origin
1850-55,
Americanism
British Dictionary definitions for
boiled shirt
boiled shirt
noun
1.
(
informal
) a dress shirt with a stiff front
Slang definitions & phrases for
boiled shirt
boiled shirt
noun phrase
A dress shirt, esp with a starched front; Fried Shirt
Stiff, chilly, and pompous behavior; stuffiness
: not arrayed in the ''boiled shirt'' of formality
(1850s+ Western)