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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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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, I’d have a noo thick weskit, a plush un, before the winter come—a red un like his’n,” and he nodded towards the robin.

From The New Forest Spy by W.D.E. Evans

“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 Talbot Baines Reed

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