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waistcoateer
ˌwaistcoaˈteer Also 7 wastecoateer, -coater, wastcoateer, -coatier, westecoateer, 8 wastecateer, 9 waistcoatteer. [f. waistcoat + -eer1.] † 1. A low-class prostitute. Obs. exc. Hist.a 1616 Beaum. & Fl. Wit without Money iv. iv, Luce. Doe you thinke you are here sir amongst your wastcoateers, your ba...
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waistcoat
waistcoat (ˈweɪs(t)kəʊt; colloq. or vulgar ˈwɛskət) For forms see waist and coat n.; also 6 wascoat, 7 waiscot, wasecoat, -cote, wascoate, -cot, -cote, -cott. In representations of vulgar pronunciation written weskit, veskit, etc. A garment covering the upper part of the body down to the waist. 1. a...
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-eer
▪ I. -eer, suffix1 is an anglicized form of the Fr. suffix -ier (repr. normally L. -iārius, and in many words replacing -air:—L. -ārius; see -ary1), used to form ns. denoting persons, as in canonnier cannoneer, muletier muleteer; the usual sense is ‘one who is concerned with’, or ‘one who deals in’....
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loose
▪ I. loose, n. (luːs) Also 6 lose, lowse, 7 lewse, 8 louse. [f. loose v. and a.] 1. Archery. The act of discharging an arrow1519 W. Horman Vulg. 283 b, Geue a smarte lose with thyn arowe and thy stryng. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 160 b, In the loose of the stryng..the..arowe is caryed to the ...
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