Synonyms for waistcoat
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : wes-kuh t, weyst-koht |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɛs kət, ˈweɪstˌkoʊt |
Définition of waistcoat
Origin :- 1510s, from waist + coat (n.).
- As in petticoat : noun underwear
- He had stripped off his coat and waistcoat, and was busily at work in his shirt-sleeves.
- Extract from : « Little Daffydowndilly » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- He took one, and placed it nonchalantly in his waistcoat pocket, as he had seen the others do.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Levi had taken off his coat and waistcoat and was fanning himself with his hat.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- His waistcoat was red, and he wore knee-breeches, but his aspect was flustered.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- He will prolong your life and loosen every button on your waistcoat.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- What's that I see through the hole in your waistcoat pocket?
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Then he shut the door; and I tore my watch from the pocket of my waistcoat.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- He drew the dispatch from the inside pocket of his waistcoat.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- He has had to come off in his dirty one, with his waistcoat buttoned up.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- He was in his shirt-sleeves, his waistcoat unbuttoned and loose.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
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