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A blouse with buttons down the front
Answer for the clue "A blouse with buttons down the front ", 10 letters:
shirtwaist
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Word definitions for shirtwaist in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (context US English) A woman's tailored blouse, buttoned down the front. n. (context US English) A woman's tailored blouse, buttoned down the front.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
shirtwaist \shirtwaist\, Shirt waist \Shirt waist\ [shirt + waist; see waist[3] , n.] A woman's blouse resembling a men's shirt in cut and style; -- in England called a blouse . a type of woman's dress with a bodice tailored like a shirt; ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a blouse with buttons down the front; "in England they call a shirtwaist a shirtwaister" [syn: shirtwaister ]
Usage examples of shirtwaist.
Instead of helping her up, though, her father took one look at her partially unbuttoned shirtwaist and lunged at Matt Rafferty.
He untied her jabot, throwing wide the lace-edged ends, and slipped the horn buttons of her shirtwaist free, revealing the pink-crested fullness of her breasts.
He brushed the jacket lapels and open edges of her shirtwaist wider, then, shifting slightly, reached to catch the carriage robe in one corner of the seat, spreading it over them.
Her movement stiff, Angeline drew off the coat of her habit, the shirtwaist, and the heavy velvet skirt, placing them over the quilts as extra cover.
The scratchy fabric of her shirtwaist was irritating so she unbuttoned it and pulled it off.
The buttons I cut from the old shirtwaist I wore when I ran away from Granger!
He looked Elizabeth up and down from her white shirtwaist to her black shoes peeking from beneath her navy blue skirt.
Her gray suit, softened by a white shirtwaist pinned at the collar by a silver filigree brooch, seemed too severe, too old for her.
She looked around as Charmaine, dressed in a navy blue wool skin and a white shirtwaist with leg-of-mutton sleeves, came in with a tray.
And when he fumbled with the buttons of her white shirtwaist, she did not try to stop him.
Matt pulled at the buttons of her shirtwaist and shrugged it off her shoulders.
He unbuttoned her shirtwaist and Carrie felt the heat of his hand against her breast.
He resumed opening the remainder of the buttons of her shirtwaist, then slipped it off her shoulders.
The lace of the collar of her white shirtwaist edged the line of her throat.
She felt his fingers at the top button of her handkerchief-linen shirtwaist, and still she did not open her eyes or move away.