weskit
[ wes-kit ]
noun
a vest or waistcoat.
Origin of weskit
1First 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 WellsThis gave rise to gentlemen's weskits to below the knee with a coat of the same length and full sleeves.
Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. | S. A. ReillyI s'pose he had crowns an' rings an' purple velvet coats an' brocade satin weskits, an' all manner o' things.
Tiverton Tales | Alice BrownYou 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
an informal word for waistcoat
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