subs. (old).—An unlaundered shirt: cf. BOILED-RAG.
1650. FULLER, A Pisgah Sight of Palestine, 98. We say MOURNING SHIRTS, it being customary for men in sadnesse to spare the pains of their laundresses.
subs. (old).—An unlaundered shirt: cf. BOILED-RAG.
1650. FULLER, A Pisgah Sight of Palestine, 98. We say MOURNING SHIRTS, it being customary for men in sadnesse to spare the pains of their laundresses.
