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justicoat

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jus⋅ti⋅coat

  [juhs-ti-koht]
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–noun
justaucorps.
Origin:
alter. by folk etym.

just⋅au⋅corps

  [zhoo-stuh-kawr, -kohr; Fr. zhyst-oh-kawr]
–noun, plural -corps  [-kawr, -kohr; Fr. -kawr] .
a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn esp. by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Also called justicoat.

Origin:
1650–60; < F juste au corps fitting to the body
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