Talk:Waistcoat
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[edit] Pronunciation
Perhaps somebody more knowledgeable than me might like to comment on the history and current usage of the pronunciation "weskit". --Oxonian2006 08:24, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
- See this link at "Annals of Iowa, April 1911", and in particular this quote: "And final mark of gala day attire, the fawn-skin 'wescot' or vest. This, from the skin of the beautiful spotted fawns we killed, made a handsome addition to an otherwise appropriate costume (hardly, though, for the month of August)." -- TheEditrix2 10:51, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Monetary euphemism
In George Sala's story in Charles Dickens's The Haunted House, the narrator refers to the waistcoat of his potential father in law as a synecdoche of the man's great wealth. Perhaps the origin of that usage should be explained on this page. --Scottandrewhutchins (talk) 21:27, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
