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

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

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

Caleb hesitated for a moment, and then said, with Trojan independence— "You beant' a-goin' to rig me out in a yaller weskit an' small-clothes wi' a stripe down the leg, by any chance?"

From The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Well, the way of it was, you see, he put it up the chimbley, but when the chimbley-sweepers come he transferred it in his weskit to my place, and I dropped it down the well.

From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by Cournos, John