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weskit

American  
[wes-kit] / ˈwɛs kɪt /

noun

  1. a vest or waistcoat.


weskit British  
/ ˈwɛskɪt /

noun

  1. an informal word for waistcoat

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of weskit

First recorded in 1855–60; phoneticized spelling of waistcoat

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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.

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

Czar Jimmy hugged the report to his well-tailored weskit, declined to reveal its contents.

From Time Magazine Archive

But why don’t you put on your pea-jacket and weskit.

From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by George Manville Fenn

And in the mor-rin', whin I was that full of clams that I needed a shell instead of a weskit, I walked on the beach with the admirin' crowds of summer tourists and lovely women.

From The Boy Scouts Book of Stories by Walt Louderback

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