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waistcoat

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waist·coat  (wskt, wstkt)
n.
1. A garment formerly worn by men under a doublet.
2. Chiefly British A short, sleeveless, collarless garment worn especially over a shirt and often under a suit jacket; a vest.

waistcoated adj.

waistcoat [ˈweɪsˌkəʊt]
n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a man's sleeveless waistlength garment worn under a suit jacket, usually buttoning up the front US and Canadian name vest
2. (Clothing & Fashion) a man's garment worn under a doublet in the 16th century
waistcoated  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.waistcoatwaistcoat - a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
bulletproof vest - a vest capable of resisting the impact of a bullet
garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"
three-piece suit - a business suit consisting of a jacket and vest and trousers
Translations
waistcoat [ˈweɪskəʊt] N (Brit) → chaleco m

waistcoat [ˈweɪskəʊt ˈwɛskət] n (British)gilet m

waistcoat [ˈweɪsˌkəʊt] npanciotto, gilè m inv
waistcoat [ˈweɪsˌkəʊt] npanciotto, gilè m inv

waistcoat صدرية vesta vest Weste γιλέκο chaleco liivi gilet prsluk gilet ウエストコート 조끼 vest vest kamizelka colete жилет väst เสื้อกั๊ก yelek áo gi-lê 马甲


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She remarked that, reckoning from the year when I started as page-boy in the time of the old lord, I had been more than fifty years in her service, and she put into my hands a beautiful waistcoat of wool that she had worked herself, to keep me warm in the bitter winter weather.
The buttons of his waistcoat were sixpences; and the knees of his small-clothes were buttoned with silver threepences.
He was black in the face, and they scarcely could trace The least likeness to what he had been: While so great was his fright that his waistcoat turned white- A wonderful thing to be seen!
 
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