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waistcoat

[wes-kuht, weyst-koht] / ˈwɛs kət, ˈweɪstˌkoʊt /


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All over England, on Waistcoat Wednesday, the masses celebrated.

From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2018

Another tiny shop, the African Waistcoat Company, offered classically tailored vests with a twist: they were made from Nigerian cloth in colorful Yoruba patterns.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2011

A fat Fellow was puffing on in his open Waistcoat; a Boy of fourteen in a Livery, carrying after him his Cloak, upper Coat, Hat, Wig, and Sword.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

His Waistcoat stood an End with Gold Lace, and he look'd very grand.'

From Pamela Censured by Anonymous

You'll be free to poke about and try and surprise 'Red Waistcoat.'

From The Red Redmaynes by Phillpotts, Eden




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