A clean one.
1862. See Appendix XIV.
1869. [In order to attend the Governor’s reception], I borrowed a “boiled shirt.”—A. K. McClure, ‘Rocky Mountains,’ p. 412. (N.E.D.)
1888. Yer got to pit on yo’ biled shirt in de mawnin’ arly, en git radey fur chu’ch.—Daily Inter-ocean, Feb. 13 (Farmer).
1890. The frontiersmen scoffed and jeered at this offending hat, discussed the “biled shirts,” and viewed the whole party with lofty scorn.—Mrs. Custer, ‘Following the Guidon,’ p. 172 (N.Y.).
