weskit
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of weskit
First recorded in 1855–60; phoneticized spelling of waistcoat
Example Sentences
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Czar Jimmy hugged the report to his well-tailored weskit, declined to reveal its contents.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Dr. Pusey, president of Lawrence College, sat with his class of '28, wore the crimson weskit that was the class uniform, but soberly eschewed the blue-and-white class cap.
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Dashing Captain W. Rees-Davies was especially applauded for his black & gold weskit, said to be an exact duplicate of the garment once worn by Beau Nash, There was only one untoward incident.
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Why are you like a weskit that ain’t paid for?
From The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch by Reed, Talbot Baines
You’d better kneel down on it; I should take off my jacket and weskit, and roll up my sleeves, if I was you.”
From Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel by Dadd, Frank
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