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waistcoating

[ wes-kuh-ting, weyst-koh-ting ]

noun

  1. a fabric for making waistcoats.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of waistcoating1

First recorded in 1800–10; waistcoat + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

Cloths, cassinettes, cassimeres, velvet silks, satins, Marseilles waistcoating, fine, calf boots, seal and morocco pumps for gentlemen, crepe lisse, lace veils.

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The fancy waistcoating trade had uniformly had its cycles of alternate briskness and depression; but experience, however stern its teachings, could not teach unwilling learners.

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Mrs. Carver bespoke from him two pieces of waistcoating, which she promised to dispose of for him most advantageously, by a raffle, for which she had raised subscriptions amongst her numerous acquaintance.

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