white-shoe

[ hwahyt-shoo, wahyt ]
/ ˈʰwaɪtˈʃu, ˈwaɪt /

adjective

of or relating to members of the upper class who own or run large corporations: white-shoe bankers; a conservative white-shoe image.

Origin of white-shoe

First recorded in 1975–80; apparently from the white shoes popular as moderately formal wear among suburban men c1980

Words nearby white-shoe

white-knuckle, white-knuckle paddler, white-livered, white-pine weevil, white-robed, white-shoe, white-slaver, white-slaving, white-tailed deer, white-tailed kite, white-tailed sea eagle