weskit

American  

[wes-kit] / ˈwɛs kɪt /

noun

1. a vest or waistcoat.

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weskit British  

/ ˈwɛskɪt /

noun

1. an informal word for waistcoat

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Etymology

Origin of weskit

First recorded in 1855–60; phoneticized spelling of waistcoat

Example Sentences

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

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

Dis heah coat and weskit nuver did you no favor anyways—I hear Miss Marg'ret talkin' 'bout it de fust time you ever put 'em on.

From "George Washington's" Last Duel 1891 by Page, Thomas Nelson

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

From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by Fenn, George Manville