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
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Why,” asked the pipe, in a solemn voice, “is a second-hand pewter-plate, stuck-up turnip, like a weskit that ain’t paid for?”
From The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch by Reed, Talbot Baines
As a state senator, we can depend on Gid to expend some and have notice taken of this district, if for nothing but his corn-silk voice and white weskit.
From Rose of Old Harpeth by Daviess, Maria Thompson
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