waistcoat
pronunciation
How to pronounce waistcoat in British English:
UK [ˈweɪskəʊt]
How to pronounce waistcoat in American English:
US [ˈwɛskɪt, ˈwestˌkot]
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- Noun:
- a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
Word Origin
- waistcoat (n.)
- 1510s, from waist + coat (n.).
Example
- 1. My waistcoat won 't meet .
- 2. Never fasten it in your collar or waistcoat , or rumple it in your hands .
- 3. Is this waistcoat all right , do you reckon ?
- 4. Gifford used a mobile phone and device sewn into her waistcoat to record what they described as a " business proposal " that she should think of as a job .
- 5. The grand army man sat down behind the stove and tilted his chair back comfortably against the wall fishing his quill toothpick from his waistcoat pocket .