zoot suiter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of zoot suiter
Example Sentences
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Valdez first used the character of a zoot suiter to represent La Luna, the Moon, in his allegorical play “Bernabé.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
And this Brother Tod Clifton, the youth leader, looked somehow like a hipster, a zoot suiter, a sharpie—except his head of Persian lamb's wool had never known a straightener.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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