See weskit on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From waistcoat.",
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"form": "weskits",
"tags": [
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},
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"form": "veskit",
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"ref": "1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC, page 39:",
"text": "A thin man in a leather weskit[…].",
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"ref": "2010, Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer, “Hail the Chap”, in I Say!, performed by Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer:",
"text": "Never fasten the lower button of one's weskit\nLook, we don't make the rules, it's just the best kit",
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],
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"id": "en-weskit-en-noun-s17aYrCs",
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"(colloquial) waistcoat"
],
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}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈwɛskət/"
}
],
"word": "weskit"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From waistcoat.",
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"text": "Never fasten the lower button of one's weskit\nLook, we don't make the rules, it's just the best kit",
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],
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],
"word": "weskit"
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