zoot suit (z t)n. Slang A man's suit popular during the early 1940s, characterized by full-legged, tight-cuffed trousers and a long coat with wide lapels and heavily padded, wide shoulders. [Probably from an alteration of suit.] zoot  -suit er (ztst r) n. |
zoot suit [zuːt]
n
(Clothing & Fashion) Slang a man's suit consisting of baggy trousers with very tapered bottoms and a long jacket with wide padded shoulders, popular esp in the US in the 1940s
[of uncertain origin; perhaps an arbitrary rhyme on suit]
zoot-suiter n
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| Noun | 1. |  zoot suit - a flashy suit of extreme cut suit, suit of clothes - a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; "they buried him in his best suit" |
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