WAISTCOAT


Meaning of WAISTCOAT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

pocket

He took his gold watch out of his waistcoat pocket and snapped it open.

He took out of his waistcoat pocket a large watch which he had bought years before from a cheap-Jack at a fair.

■ VERB

wear

They wore flowered waistcoats , flowered shirts, velvet trousers.

No one in Lancre had ever worn a waistcoat embroidered with peacocks.

Gina is wearing a satin waistcoat in red and imperial purple with a matching skirt.

He generally wore a spangled waistcoat for the occasion.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He took his gold watch out of his waistcoat pocket and snapped it open.

Her tears had dampened his immaculate waistcoat .

His breeches were made of white shiny silk and so was his waistcoat .

His fingers flipped open the buttons of his waistcoat .

Judi was coming apart inside her waistcoat .

Pinstripe jacket down from £69.99 to £34.95, trousers reduced from £34.95 to £19.95, waistcoats from £29.99 to £19.95.

We could see the birds in their dark-stripped waistcoats.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.