Meanings
nounchemise lifter (plural chemise lifters)
plural chemise lifters
- UKslangA lesbian.
Maddy watched the chemise-lifter execute her caricatured saunter out of frame and back to her cell for the 8 a.m. lock-up.
2012, Kathy Lette, Mad Cows, page 114Synonyms: female homosexual
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA lesbian.
Similar
female homosexual
Origin
Based on earlier shirt lifter, a chemise being a feminine style of shirt.
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APA
chemise lifter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemise%20lifter
MLA
“chemise lifter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemise%20lifter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chemise lifter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chemise%20lifter.
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