chemise lifter

English

Etymology

Based on earlier shirt lifter, a chemise being a feminine style of shirt.

Noun

chemise lifter (plural chemise lifters)

1. (British, slang) A lesbian.
   • 2012, Kathy Lette, Mad Cows, page 114:

     Maddy watched the chemise-lifter execute her caricatured saunter out of frame and back to her cell for the 8 a.m. lock-up.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:female homosexual