weskit

[ wes-kit ]

noun
  1. a vest or waistcoat.

Origin of weskit

1
First recorded in 1855–60; phoneticized spelling of waistcoat

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How to use weskit in a sentence

  • Now, I know those two weskits were in their right place Wednesday morning.

    The Deep Lake Mystery | Carolyn Wells
  • This gave rise to gentlemen's weskits to below the knee with a coat of the same length and full sleeves.

  • I s'pose he had crowns an' rings an' purple velvet coats an' brocade satin weskits, an' all manner o' things.

    Tiverton Tales | Alice Brown
  • You wear long weskits and long faces, and lead a gloomy life indeed.

    The Complete Works of Artemus Ward | Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)

British Dictionary definitions for weskit

weskit

/ (ˈwɛskɪt) /


noun
  1. an informal word for waistcoat

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