waistcoat

[ UK /wˈe‍ɪstkə‍ʊt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
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How To Use waistcoat In A Sentence

  • My fatuous school blazer was stripped from my shoulders and replaced with a leather waistcoat. ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?: A Life Through the Movies
  • His black cloak had seen service; the waistcoat of grey plaid bore yet stronger marks of having encountered more than one campaign; his third piece of dress was an absolute veteran compared to the others; his shoes were so loaded with mud as showed his journey must have been pedestrian; and a grey maud, which fluttered around his wasted limbs, completed such an equipment as, since Count Robert of Paris
  • He was an extremely picturesque gardener, dressed in knickerbockers and leather gaiters, with a touch of red in his waistcoat, and a cardigan jacket and a cap on the side of his head. Just Patty
  • He dresses in immaculately pressed shalwar kameez and waistcoat - sheer Afghan chic.
  • All that's missing is their floppy hair and dodgy waistcoats. The Sun
  • Often they wear layers of waistcoats and scarves that they've stolen on the streets. Times, Sunday Times
  • No, he takes Scrooge to the market, and shows him the abundance there, especially the fruits sometimes literal of foreign trade: There were great, round, pot-bellied baskets of chestnuts, shaped like the waistcoats of jolly old gentlemen, lolling at the doors, and tumbling out into the street in their apoplectic opulence. A Dickens Of A Debate Between Mr. Scrooge And Mr. Say
  • I peered outside at fishermen in green quilted waistcoats sat sheltered beneath big umbrellas beside a pond rippled by raindrops.
  • This year, ancient Italian men are wearing generously cut worsted suits, either with waistcoat or cardigan, in natural earth colours with muted checks.
  • Not only have the top-boots and breeches vanished from the costume of innkeepers, but also the long, parti-coloured waistcoat, and the birds'-eye fogle round their necks. Can You Forgive Her?
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