boiled shirt

== English == === Etymology === John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) states: "In the mining camps, and rough parts generally, a white shirt is called a biled[sic] shirt to distinguish it from the usual woollen garment, which cannot be boiled." === Noun === boiled shirt (plural boiled shirts) (slang, dated) A freshly laundered white shirt. Synonym: boiled rag