illustrated shirt n.
a coloured shirt, as favoured by costermongers.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor I 51/2: Coloured or ‘illustrated shirts,’ as they are called, are especially objected to by the men. |
a coloured shirt, as favoured by costermongers.
(con. 1840s–50s) London Labour and London Poor I 51/2: Coloured or ‘illustrated shirts,’ as they are called, are especially objected to by the men. |