ZOOT SUIT


Meaning of ZOOT SUIT in English

/zooht/

a man's suit with baggy, tight-cuffed, sometimes high-waisted trousers and an oversized jacket with exaggeratedly broad, padded shoulders and wide lapels, often worn with suspenders and a long watch chain and first popularized in the early 1940s.

[ 1940-45, Amer.; rhyming compound based on SUIT ]

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