wamus
Americannoun
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a heavy cardigan jacket, loosely knit and belted.
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Also a durable, coarse, outer jacket.
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Etymology
Origin of wamus
1795–1805, < Dutch wammes (compare German Wams vest, undershirt), Middle Dutch wambuis < dialectal Old French wambois < Frankish *wamb- belly ( see womb) + French -ois -ese; see gambeson
Example Sentences
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“He’s mighty slender, quick and purty—but so also be a rattlesnake!” he exclaimed, as another arrow slit the sleeve of his wamus as cleanly as if it were cut with a knife.
From The Black Wolf Pack by Beard, Daniel Carter
He was attired with a red flannel "wamus," a leathern belt girt around his waist, deer-skin leggins and moccasons, and a white felt hat that ran up to a peak.
From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by Riley, H. H.
I saw him suddenly pull the cape of his wamus over his face, and reasoned that he also had been attacked by these invisible insects.
From The Black Wolf Pack by Beard, Daniel Carter
Throwing off his coat, and arraying himself in a red "wamus," and replacing his boots with heavy, close-fitting brogans, he was ready.
From Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio by Riddle, A. G.
At last he put his muffled mouth to my ear and shouted through the cape of his wamus.
From The Black Wolf Pack by Beard, Daniel Carter
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