waistcoat
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kət, ˈweɪstˌkoʊt
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| —n | |
| 1. | US, Canadian, and Austral name: vest a sleeveless waist-length garment with buttons at the front, often worn under a suit jacket |
| 2. | a man's garment worn under a doublet in the 16th century |
| 'waistcoated | |
| —adj | |
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Waistcoat
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Example sentences
Despite the warm weather he wore a jacket and waistcoat.
Little boys snits frequently consist of three pieces- the jacket, the waistcoat and the short trousers or knee breeches.
He is brilliantly dressed in a new fashionable frock-coat, with white waistcoat and grey trousers.
The opinions of this customs collector so far had been as predictable as his waistcoat buttons, if less interesting.
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