Associations to the word «Waistcoat»

Wiktionary

WAISTCOAT, noun. An ornamental garment worn under a doublet.
WAISTCOAT, noun. (chiefly British) A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket.

Dictionary definition

WAISTCOAT, noun. A man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne