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?
The young man took from his waistcoat a crumpled envelope, and turning to the table he shook out upon it five little dried orange pips. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The thing that makes city cycling safer is not wearing a dazzling waistcoat. Times, Sunday Times
The smart deco bar is a beautiful throwback, a jewel box where servers in smart white waistcoats present bowls of olives, nuts and snacks.
Ben took off his coat so that he could sit at table in white shirtsleeves, waistcoat and silk string tie.
He always wears warm clothes, sometimes a cape or an overcoat on top, a waistcoat underneath, perhaps a scarf draped over the shoulders, a felt hat.
His snowy white shirt was topped by a burgundy waistcoat which, amazingly enough, matched her gown almost perfectly, and he wore a black cravat around his neck.
The waistcoat comprised a pair of foreparts or fore-bodies, forming the part exposed to view; the back, and the lining.
He wore a chestnut-colored jacket and waistcoat; his necktie was orange, somewhere between rust and coral, and his cufflinks were the same color. Gay Talese
I wore my black and pink pleated skirt, blue puffy sleeved top, brown waistcoat and a brown bob wig.
It originally made nylon horse rugs but expanded its line in the 1970s to include Jackets and waistcoats. Times, Sunday Times
The 39-year-old - recently named Sexiest Male at the British Soap Awards - especially likes wearing a white shalwar kameez with waistcoat.
Also, dinner jackets do not have notched lapels and they are worn with cummerbund or waistcoat. Having a Ball - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
They had seemed so masculine and imposing, with their crisp waistcoats, elegant tailcoats, and fancy neck cloths.
On festal occasions, Christmas, Easter, or his fête-day, he became a magnificent figure in brocaded coat and white-satin waistcoat and knee-breeches; he had diamond shoe - and knee-buckles, diamond buttons on his waistcoat, and golden aiguillettes looped across his breast and shoulder. A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago
On stage he would be dressed in evening wear, a bowler hat and a stainless steel waistcoat.
By spring, all of the system's 7,000 station workers will be wearing sports jackets, padded waistcoats, Doc Martens and hats bearing high-visibility reflective bands.
The Prince, by a muscular effort, retired some four or five inches and commenced to rebutton his waistcoat. Tommy and Co.
Charles, "would he say," the thin-blooded wand of forty years ago in a brocaded waistcoat and a pair of dancing-shoes seeking his way through a labyrinth of demoniac trees, shivering half with cold and half with terror like a _forcat_ from the _bagne_ of Doom Castle
Many men had suits made to measure with two pairs of trousers as the coats and waistcoats usually outlasted one pair of trousers.
' he replied, pulling from his waistcoat a curiously constructed pistol, having a double-edged spring knife attached to the barrel.
Visitors dressed in straw boaters were entertained by various attractions, not least the upbeat swing of the Mainline Jazz band, kitted out in waistcoats and open-necked shirts.
You could have a beer belly and wear just a waistcoat with the belly. The Sun
Sad-colored mantles the goodmen wore, but their doublets were scarlet, and with their green waistcoats and red caps, surely the Puritan men were sufficiently gayly dressed to suit any fancy save that of a cavalier. Sabbath in Puritan New England
Wear a fluorescent hatband and either waistcoat or tabard.
The young man took from his waistcoat a crumpled envelope, and turning to the table he shook out upon it five little dried orange pips. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
A man's three-piece suit includes a jacket,trousers,and a waistcoat.
He's wearing khaki shorts and a khaki waistcoat, and has some big brown binoculars around his neck. Times, Sunday Times
Just sandals, shalwar kameez, a waistcoat and a thin cloak. Times, Sunday Times
Well Kayne's waistcoat was made out of several native Australian animals, possibly possum, wombat, kangaroo and wallaby pelts, all sewn together.
He strung his neckcloth around his neck and retrieved his waistcoat from the chair.
Melrose and Von Behrens honours crowded each other -- here was the thin old silver "shepherdess" cup awarded that Johanna von Behrens who had won a prize with her sheep, while Washington was yet a boy; and here the quaint tortoise-shell snuff-box that a great prince, homeless and unknown, had given the American family that took him in; and the silver buttons from Lafayette's waistcoat that the great Frenchman had presented Colonel Horace Murison of the "Continentals. The Beloved Woman
He was some years younger than Marsden, and dressed soberly but in the very height of fashion, his lightly starched collar reaching to his ears, and a white waistcoat picked out with black calling unobtrusive attention to the slenderness of his waist. Hornblower And The Crisis
He was dressed in burgundy velvet breeches, waistcoat and frock, with a silk and lace white shirt.
John Bull is traditionally depicted as a short fat man wearing a waistcoat with the British flag on it.
The ex - convict Brevet wore the black and gray waistcoat of the central prisons.
I hung out the upstairs window all agog as women wearing straw hats, flowery dresses and white gloves, accompanied by men sporting soft hats and three-piece suits with gold watches peeking out the waistcoat pockets arrived at our house.
Trousers'I've been wanting to do the sparkly trousers and waistcoat bit for a long time. The Sun
The waistcoat is 100% barathea and has a polyester back with adjuster.
Instead of a Baron there stood Jim, white-waistcoated, demure, every hair in place, and, if she mistook not, even a deedy spark in his eye. The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid
The collection includes a high quality wool black tuxedo with matching trousers, white cotton dress shirts with a choice of a plain or pleated front, polyester dupion waistcoats and ties in a variety of styles and colours. Archive 2008-04-01
His mother had worked for him as a birthday present a waistcoat of purple tabinet, with little foxes 'heads upon it, lined with brown satin and having round mulberry buttons. Dubliners
As I heard "The Voice that breathed o'er Eden" and saw the bride of twenty-five advance up the aisle to meet the bridegroom of forty-five awaiting her deeply flushed, in a distorted white waistcoat -- I had mercilessly alluded to his white waistcoat as an error of judgment -- I gave myself up for lost; _and I was lost_. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy
Army trousers and fluffy waistcoats are the stuff of style dreams this winter. Times, Sunday Times
A man with long hair and a leather waistcoat smiled and said hello. Times, Sunday Times
The auctioneer stepped up onto the gangway above the sheep pens, briefly registered the small crowd of burly men in padded waistcoats and tweed hats and cleared his throat.
Today he was resplendent in a well-tailored riding coat of cobalt superfine, a figured waistcoat of sky blue marcella, white doeskin trousers, and highly polished black Hessians. How to Woo a Reluctant Lady
An umbilical cable attaches to the waistcoat through my drysuit, with an external switch on the chest area.
'Ay, and have reason to know her,' said the jockey, putting his hand into his left waistcoat-pocket, as if to feel for something, 'for she gave me what I believe few men could do -- a most confounded wapping. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro'
The suicide jacket is essentially a bomb kit worn as a waistcoat next to the skin, fashioned from canvas and with plastic explosives and a detonator secreted in four pockets.
Two young men in waistcoats were there, quiet and polite, following guests around to the head of the stairs and back again, ensuring that all of the guests had a sufficiency of wine.
It was the practice to walk out of a Sunday with the braided leather belt showing just below your waistcoat.
He was formally attired in brown breeches and a white silk shirt accompanied by a deep blue waistcoat.
The auctioneer stepped up onto the gangway above the sheep pens, briefly registered the small crowd of burly men in padded waistcoats and tweed hats and cleared his throat.
The elderly beaux still wear the showy embroidered waistcoats, knee breeches, lace ruffles and sparkling shoe buckles of the late eighteenth century, while the younger men, conforming to the newer style, have adopted close-fitting nankeen pantaloons tied above the ankle by a piece of ribbon, and wear long-tailed blue coats adorned with brass buttons, while their necks are swathed in voluminous white muslin cravats. Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends
I am at present a middle-aged man of a broadish build, in cords, leggings, and a sleeved waistcoat the strings of which is always gone behind. Doctor Marigold
He was formally attired in brown breeches and a white silk shirt accompanied by a deep blue waistcoat.
On stage he would be dressed in evening wear, a bowler hat and a stainless steel waistcoat.
He looks edgy, but wears chinos and waistcoats. Times, Sunday Times
He looks edgy, but wears chinos and waistcoats. Times, Sunday Times
Also, they will do things for people in short-skirted velveteen coats with bone buttons, or in sleeved waistcoats and fur caps, which they cannot be persuaded by the respectable orders of society to undertake. The Bed-Book of Happiness
A woman with orange hair wearing a yellow shirt and green tartan waistcoat and trousers plus three enormous poppies.
Line by line Foyle traced "laterals," "lakes," and "accidentals," calling to his aid a magnifying glass from his waistcoat pocket. The Grell Mystery
Instead of this, we either put on a stock with a sham tie, (now all _sham_ things, of what kind soever, militate against good taste,) or else, to make the most of our scarf, we fill up the aperture of the waistcoat with an ambitious quantity of drapery, and we stick therein an enormous and obtrusively ostentatious pin. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845
The tyranny of custom, it is true, compels your friend and myself to dress peculiarly, but I assure you nothing could be finer than the way that the olive green of your coat melts in the delicate yellow of your cravat, or the pearl gray of your trousers blends with the bright blue of your waistcoat, and lends additional brilliancy to that massive oroide watch-chain which you wear. Drift from Two Shores
He smoothed the front of his simple olive and brown striped waistcoat, and patted his old fashioned bagwig.
In addition there was a fellow in a brown bowler hat, another in a shapeless cloth cap with a peak, and both added their encouragements, turning to Waistcoat in a laconic collusion.
Morning dress consisted of a morning coat, which was almost always single-breasted, of serge, worsted, cheviot or vicuna, and black or iron-gray; a waistcoat, either single - or double-breasted, which matched the coat or was of a lighter color; striped spongebag trousers (trousers of wool serge, baggy at knee); a cravat; and silk hat (though a bowler/Homburg could be worn). Dressing the Edwardian Man | Edwardian Promenade
Justin reappears in a billowing white cape, stripy red and white skintight rock trousers and an open white waistcoat.
He had discarded the old black kilt, philibeg, and waistcoat which he had worn at Loch Arkeg, for a coarse, brown, short coat: a new article of dress, such as a pair of shoes and a new shirt, had lately replenished his wardrobe. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.
Henceforth Bentham always wore his green coat with scarlet lapels, scarlet waistcoat with gold lace, and white breeches.
Men know him as a lonely figure riding of a morning through Rock Creek Park, wearing an immense sombrero, kid gloves, buff waistcoat and an old riding coat.
‘They have used some beautiful mother-of-pearl and glass buttons for men's coats and waistcoats,’ said Lucy.
The woodcutting on the page showed a young boy in knickers and a waistcoat standing on a hill.
Great God! instead of that, the convict gang, the iron necklet, the red waistcoat, the chain on his ankle, fatigue, the cell, the camp bed all those horrors which he knew so well! Les Miserables
She regarded the young man walking to meet her -- his rather dandified but sufficiently handsome figure resplendent in the latest and best cut of coat, waistcoat and hat, the newest thing in neckties about his throat, the ropiest arrangement of gold chain looped across his person -- with a severe expression of disapproval on her face. Mrs. Day's Daughters
Give me a young man who can set off a bright necktie an 'a white waistcoat with a nice watch an' albert 'ung on to it. Our Elizabeth A Humour Novel
A tree-piece suit consists of trousers, jacket and waistcoat.
A waistcoat is ideal for guitarists, especially if they have loads of extra pockets where you can store bottlenecks, plectrums, tuners, spare batteries and other bits and bobs.
On the 10th of December, when he pledged the coat and waistcoat, I gave him a silver watch for two fuzees, I had them cleaned, and they were sold previous to this being found out.
He had big splay feet, short stout legs, and a body of such bulging bulbosity that all the droppings of his spoon -- which were many -- were caught on the round of his black waistcoat, which always looked as if it had just been spattered by a gray shower. The House with the Green Shutters
Declan removed his coat and neckcloth, and unbuttoned his waistcoat. The Year of Living Scandalously
The man is described as white, aged about 18, wearing a blue and white check shirt with either a body warmer or waistcoat style of jacket.
He brushed the dust from his blue waistcoat and wiped his aviator sunglasses on the hem of his shirt.
He has introduced menswear in the shape of waistcoats and ties.
The staff wear jeans and Converse sneakers, not white waistcoats. Times, Sunday Times
The phrase puts me in mind of pub engravings, of rustics in waistcoats lying full-length in rowing boats, poking at ducks with long muskets.
He made the most wonderful waistcoats for all the rich merchants of Gloucester, and for all the fine gentlemen of the country round. The Tales of Beatrix Potter
She wore a lovely tiara but the groom, not to be outdone, had on a very smart embroidered waistcoat.
He was in attendance on the Duke at the marriage at Dover in 1673, and was given the suit and a waistcoat (now missing), together with a saddle and bridle, which were also among the nuptial accoutrements.
The different chambers being opened successively, every individual was effectually silenced by the sound of one cabalistical word, which was no other than Waistcoat. The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
Today he was resplendent in a well-tailored riding coat of cobalt superfine, a figured waistcoat of sky blue marcella, white doeskin trousers, and highly polished black Hessians. How to Woo a Reluctant Lady
The display includes waistcoats, bodices, skirts, part of an eighteenth century dress made of beautiful blue silk with posies of flowers woven into it.
Solomon, in his seedy clothes and long white locks, seemed to be luring that decent company by the magic scream of his fiddle -- luring discreet matrons in turban-shaped caps, nay, Mrs. Crackenthorp herself, the summit of whose perpendicular feather was on a level with the Squire's shoulder -- luring fair lasses complacently conscious of very short waists and skirts blameless of front-folds -- luring burly fathers in large variegated waistcoats, and ruddy sons, for the most part shy and sheepish, in short nether garments and very long coat-tails. Silas Marner
Fellows are discarding waistcoats and wearing what they call a cummerbund -- silk sash round the waist. The Paying Guest
He wore a coloured shirt and a 'dickey' which was very soiled and covered with splashes of paint, and one side of it was projecting from the opening of the waistcoat. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
His breeches were made of white shiny silk and so was his waistcoat.
Dig out a checked shirt and a waistcoat - both vintage perennials - and make your own shorts from a pair of cheap jeans. Times, Sunday Times
Begin by replacing the spanking Brooks Brothers suit with a sleeveless waistcoat and a roomy pair of Dutch "slops"; cut and paste a couple of buckled brogans over the shiny capped Oxfords and place a wide-brimmed silk hat upon the perfect golfer's coif. Steven Weber: The Pilgrim's Regress
He stood tall and handsome in his navy-blue jacket and black pinstriped waistcoat.
She looked over at his bearish figure, snuff-drabbled waistcoat, and shock of black hair. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861
Waistcoat-pocket was Deputy-burgomaster first launch into underselling life, in which he scudi to be masqued by the same sky-scraper, devotion, courage, and asti galvanised in his military stormer. Blogs That Look Like Blogs But Ain’t – Splogs « Lorelle on WordPress
Some might argue that the waistcoat was slight overkill and made it a bit costumey, but we're quibbling. Times, Sunday Times
Ben had risen before her and was already shaved and resplendently dressed in silver grey broadcloth with matching waistcoat, white shirt and black ribbon tie.
This could be a particularly garish trouser, a pair of spats or a canary-yellow waistcoat.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go press my wing-collar shirt and see if my new fob chain for my grandfather's watch fits my waistcoat.
As always, Giles was dressed as well as any titled lord—his coat and trousers of dark brown superfine were exquisitely tailored to show off his broad shoulders and muscular calves, his waistcoat was of the finest figured silk, and his Wellington boots were perfectly polished. How to Woo a Reluctant Lady
I saw a cute little waistcoat in a Burda magazine, done in gingham fabric, piped all around the edges, and on the back was a placket done up with ties.
He brushed the dust from his blue waistcoat and wiped his aviator sunglasses on the hem of his shirt.
A check shirt, waistcoat and fixed gear bike used to be enough to set the aspiring hipster on his way. Times, Sunday Times
She was dressed in a short skirt over black tights and an embroidered waistcoat.
John Bull is traditionally depicted as a short fat man wearing a waistcoat with the British flag on it.
Poor, simple Eddie, whose weary smile and ubiquitous brown leather waistcoat gave him the air of a long-suffering medieval farrier, was forever being dragged into subplots he couldn't understand when he'd much rather be trudging into the Argee Bhajee for an unhurried lunchtime livener. World Of Lather
The famous bowler hat and striped waistcoat are one of the jazz world's most famous trademarks.
In the 1920s and well into the '30s, the Sunday dress for the men was a navy suit, sometimes a waistcoat or the occasional pullover.
While they were pouring this down their throats, Crass took a penny from his waistcoat pocket and put it in the slot of the polyphone. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Those who have been lumbering may easily be known among the others, by sporting a flashy stock or waistcoat, and by being arrayed in "boughten" clothes, procured in town at a most expensive rate in lieu of their lumber. Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick, North America
Everyone knew that he wore a bizarre costume of massive baggy trousers, and a headdress of ostrich feathers atop ornate waistcoats and colourful jackets.
His face was covered with blood and dirt, for his nose had bled from the fall; an old hat, which his pirate-fisherman had given him in place of a very good one they took, had been torn at the same time, and seemed only half a hat; his great coat was gone, and his coat was French; his waistcoat being the only part of his dress that was the same as he brought from Quebec. The Old Manor House
Warning: a distressing array of denim and leather waistcoats features in this salute to the stadium singalong. Times, Sunday Times
Highland costume, with his plaid thrown about him, a large blue bonnet with a knot of black ribbon like a cockade, a brown short coat of a kind of duffil, a tartan waistcoat with gold buttons and gold button-holes, a bluish philibeg, and tartan hose. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.
He now beheld Lenny rising with some difficulty -- still panting hard -- and with hysterical sounds akin to what is vulgarly called blubbering -- his fine new waistcoat sprinkled with his own blood which flowed from his nose -- nose that seemed to Lenny The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851
And then a very small woman in a leather waistcoat and cowboy chaps and tinted glasses appeared from out of the school stage curtains.
He wore a pair of brogues, tartan hose which came up only near to his knees, and left them bare, a purple camblet kilt, a black waistcoat, a short green cloth coat bound with gold cord, a yellowish bushy wig, a large blue bonnet with a gold thread button. Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Marianne finds this attention mortifying, as she thinks the Colonel, who is thirty-five and talks of flannel waistcoats, is too old to be a lover.
All of the women wear traditional dress: long flowing skirts, heavily embroidered waistcoats and embroidered hats with a rosette on the right side.
Summer suits, jackets, waistcoat and trousers in the wardrobe. SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution
About 30 followers, many in red waistcoats and green knickerbockers, gathered yesterday to mark the last official hare hunt.
The boy's thoughts drift to the tired old tailor sewing the Mayor's Christmas coat while Simpkin the cat captures mice dressed in waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta and hides the last spool of cherry-coloured twist.
This shirt and waistcoat take the eye away from the waistline. The Sun
Louis stripped off his waistcoat and flung it in Villard 's direction. THE PROMISE IN A KISS
He was always seen in a maroon-colored coat with gilt buttons, half-tight breeches of poult-de-soie with gold buckles, a white waistcoat without embroidery, and a tight cravat showing no shirt-collar, -- a last vestige of the old French costume which he did not renounce, perhaps, because it enabled him to show a neck like that of the sleekest abbe. An Old Maid
It provides employment, training and development opportunities for people with disabilities and produces high quality sewn products such as newspaper bags, tabards and waistcoats.
You could have a beer belly and wear just a waistcoat with the belly. The Sun
In addition there was a fellow in a brown bowler hat, another in a shapeless cloth cap with a peak, and both added their encouragements, turning to Waistcoat in a laconic collusion.
He had discoloured teeth and was wearing a scruffy tweed jacket with leather patches on the elbows and a hand-knitted grey waistcoat. A NASTY DOSE OF DEATH
Wearing trousers, with her bare arms snaking out of a short black waistcoat, he performed a farruca, a Galician dance traditionally meant to assert male dignity.
The demob suit also gave rise to the phrase ‘the full monty’ after Montague Burton, as some former soldiers were only given a two-piece suit, while others were given a waistcoat as well.
He was wearing black trousers, a black suit jacket, pale blue shirt, black waistcoat, blue/silver tie, black shoes.
He wore the powder-blue side of a reversible waistcoat and contrasting navy blue sans-belt slacks. DOUBTING THOMAS
The famous bowler hat and striped waistcoat are one of the jazz world's most famous trademarks.
He now beheld Lenny rising with some difficulty, still panting hard, and with hysterical sounds akin to what is vulgarly called blubbering, his fine new waistcoat sprinkled with his own blood, which flowed from his nose, -- nose that seemed to Lenny Fairfield's feelings to be a nose no more, but a swollen, gigantic, mountainous Slawkenbergian excrescence; in fact, he felt all nose! My Novel — Complete
It was a pinstriped waistcoat with a collar and short-sleeved shirt.
Waistcoats are everywhere, as are moustaches and mufflers, pipes and cigarettes.
Suspended below this, clad in blue jacket, white waistcoat and nankeen pantaloons, and waving a silk French tricolour, stood Garnerin in a small basket.
He looks edgy, but wears chinos and waistcoats. Times, Sunday Times
What the sub deputy chief waistcoat creaser will say if he reads these words I shudder to think. No Man's Land
She was teaching a Highland dance to a graceful cavalier in white silk breeches, flowered satin waistcoat, and most choicely powdered periwig, fresh from the friseur. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45
The waistcoat is embellished with multicolored embroidery, buttons, and flame-colored trimmings.
Colourful silk waistcoats and cravats are taking over.
Knitted waistcoat with tuck detail at shoulder. 48 % Acrylic, 48 % Merino Wool, 4 % Other.
In addition there was a fellow in a brown bowler hat, another in a shapeless cloth cap with a peak, and both added their encouragements, turning to Waistcoat in a laconic collusion.
Aimed at the banking community, this consumer advice show charts all that's new in the world of waistcoats, cravats, handkerchiefs and pocket watches.
Once when a stage hand pointed out the dry cleaning tag clearly visible on his waistcoat. The Sun
Cap sleeves and a smock blouse look great with a waistcoat and teamed with a loose, lightweight scarf.
The men's costumes include broad-brimmed hats, embroidered waistcoats, and short jackets.
In honour of the sheer trashiness of the occasion I was drinking champagne with raspberry cordial in it, which I observed this gay guy in a flat cap and waistcoat ordering.
Sometimes, while Grandfather Gardinois, who had laid aside in her honor his old-fashioned hunting-jackets and swanskin waistcoats, was jesting with her, amusing himself by contradicting her in order to draw out a sharp reply, she would gaze steadily, coldly into his eyes, without replying. The French Immortals Series — Complete
Bofinger is a shrine to food, staffed by mustachioed waiters in black waistcoats and white aprons, waltzing around the various rooms bearing platters of fruits de mer, wobbling crème caramels, great tureens of bouillabaisse.
Topped by a deer-stalking fore-and-aft cap in an inferior state of preservation, he wore the jacket of a lounge-suit, once possible, doubtless, but now demoded, and a blazered golfing waistcoat, striking for its poisonous greens, trousers from an outing suit that I myself had discarded after it came to me, and boots of an entirely shocking character. Ruggles of Red Gap
A furbelow of precious stones, a hat buttoned with a diamond, a brocade waistcoat or petticoat, are standing topics. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 267, August 4, 1827
Abigail wore a square-necked gown of white challis; John appeared in a dark blue coat, contrasting light breeches and white stockings, a gold-embroidered satin waistcoat his mother had made for the occasion, and buckle shoes. History of American Women
Cowboys opened the circus, dressed in jeans, waistcoats and Stetsons.
I remember him making a yellow velvet waistcoat, which he stuck patches on and wore with white trousers and a piano tie. Times, Sunday Times
In another corner small girls in kilts and black waistcoats were doing sword dances to pipe music.
Brown checked waistcoat £140, Crombie, www. crombie.co.uk WalesOnline - Home
The second man had black hair, and wore a waistcoat over a white shirt.
Had Mr Sawbridge made his appearance in uniform it might have been different, but that a plain-looking man, with black whiskers, shaggy hair, and old blue frock-coat and yellow casimere waistcoat, should venture to address him in such a manner, was quite incomprehensible; -- he calls me mad, thought Mr. Midshipman Easy
Mr. Scully had a brand-new blue coat and brass buttons, buff waistcoat, white kerseymere tights, pumps with large rosettes, and pink silk stockings. The Bedford-Row Conspiracy
He chose his dark brown jacket over matching pants with a cream silk waistcoat and cravat.
Louis stripped off his waistcoat and flung it in Villard 's direction. THE PROMISE IN A KISS
He took his clasp-knife from his pocket, carefully unripped a part of one of the seams in the waistcoat, and extracted a piece of paper folded double.
I was dressed in a black, double button granddad shirt which had this cowboy feel about it, with my black jeans on and a dark multicoloured waistcoat I looked the part.
He made the most wonderful waistcoats for all the rich merchants of Gloucester, and for all the fine gentlemen of the country round. The Tales of Beatrix Potter
An embroidered silk waistcoat contributed to his dandified appearance.
He was still in the strait-waistcoat and in the padded room, but the suffused look had gone from his face, and his eyes had something of their old pleading -- I might almost say, "cringing" -- softness, I was satisfied with his present condition, and directed him to be relieved. Dracula
The cut of the "clawhammer" dress-coat does not differ from that of to-day, but it was often of blue cloth with brass buttons; shirts were frilled, and waistcoats of gold-sprigged Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857
Dressed in his customary jeans, waistcoat and granddad shirt, he had everyone clapping and singing to Hold Me Close.
Black waistcoats over a white shirt (with the men wearing ties) is the order of the day, and very smart it looks too.
This year, ancient Italian men are wearing generously cut worsted suits, either with waistcoat or cardigan, in natural earth colours with muted checks.
His snowy white shirt was topped by a burgundy waistcoat which, amazingly enough, matched her gown almost perfectly, and he wore a black cravat around his neck.
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
He therefore does not wear ‘sponge bag’ trousers, similar to chinos, or the flashy, personalised waistcoats sported by William and other prefects.
An odd mix of waistcoat and straightjacket up top, with some kind of diamante augmentation around the neck, the whole combo topped off with a wide brimmed black hat. Expecting Rain
While the curiosity-seeking policeman was garroting Benjamin Franklin, with the idea of abducting him, a small monkey, flung from the windowsill by the strong hand of an impatient fireman, made a straight dive, hitting Poor Richard just below the waistcoat, and passing through his stomach, as fairly as the Harlequin in the ` Green Monster 'pantomime ever pierced the picture with the slit in it, which always hangs so conveniently low and near. Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum
In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets, when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta, there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
It is the usual "gros bourg" of Alsace, with comfortable old houses in espaliered gardens: dull, well-to-do, contented; not in the least the kind of setting demanded by the patriotism which has to be fed on pictures of little girls singing the Marseillaise in Alsatian head-dresses and old men with operatic waistcoats tottering forward to kiss the flag. Fighting France
In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets, when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta, there lived a tailor in Gloucester.
Everyone conveniently lost a jacket or waistcoat or trousers and it became a hodgepodge of uniforms. READY, STEADY, GO!: Swinging London and the Invention of Cool
Smiling, she put the statuette in the pocket of a clean waistcoat, making sure its soapstone snout could not be seen poking out. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
He believed in justice, for the most part, but he also had a hankering for a paisley silk waistcoat with a decent fit.

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