weskit

wes·kit

(wĕs′kĭt)

A waistcoat; a vest.

[Variant of waistcoat.]

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weskit

(ˈwɛskɪt)

(Clothing & Fashion) an informal word for waistcoat

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wes•kit

(ˈwɛs kɪt)

n.

a vest or waistcoat.

[1855–60; phoneticized sp. of waistcoat]

References in classic literature ?

'What do you call a price, now, for this here little weskit?'

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A lone German tourist in full khaki regalia: shorts, hunting weskit, shirt and pith helmet, struggled furiously to assemble his complex camera on the edge of the crowd, but Red stopped dancing to a round of applause before he could get his picture.

Basketball In Mali--"Red" Verderame

URSULINE NUNS IN OKLAHOMA CrIY, in a "pilot project," introduced in December 1964 a new habit consisting of high heels, black skirt and weskit, and longed-sleeved white blouse.

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Meanwhile John Bull in top hat and Union Jack weskit glowered down at shirkers bellowing "Who's Absent?

The irresistible appeal of the Great War poster boy

"Our forebears simplified 'waistcoat' to 'weskit' - but we've turned our backs on that.