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WAISTCOAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
Synonyms:
vest; waistcoat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("waistcoat" is a kind of...):
garment (an article of clothing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "waistcoat"):
bulletproof vest (a vest capable of resisting the impact of a bullet)
Holonyms ("waistcoat" is a part of...):
three-piece suit (a business suit consisting of a jacket and vest and trousers)
Context examples:
But he talked of flannel waistcoats, said Marianne; and with me a flannel waistcoat is invariably connected with aches, cramps, rheumatisms, and every species of ailment that can afflict the old and the feeble.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I’ll tell you what, I will make each of them a shirt, and a coat and waistcoat, and a pair of pantaloons into the bargain; and do you make each of them a little pair of shoes.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
A key was mislaid, Betsey accused of having got at his new hat, and some slight, but essential alteration of his uniform waistcoat, which he had been promised to have done for him, entirely neglected.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Please arrange your thoughts and let me know, in their due sequence, exactly what those events are which have sent you out unbrushed and unkempt, with dress boots and waistcoat buttoned awry, in search of advice and assistance.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At first he was silent in his fighting; but as we began to master him, and the attendants were putting a strait-waistcoat on him, he began to shout: 'I'll frustrate them!
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
To—be—sure, said Mr. Omer, touching my waistcoat with his forefinger, and there was a little child too!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Some chalk marks over the waistcoat pocket were the only signs of billiards which I could see in one of them.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
No, sir, Dr. Becher is an Englishman, and there isn’t a man in the parish who has a better-lined waistcoat.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Prut! Thou beginnest early. What did the little Mary say to that?" asked Mr. Bhaer, continuing to confess the young sinner, who stood upon the knee, exploring the waistcoat pocket.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Within, a week St. James’s Street and the Mall will be full of nankeen waistcoats.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
