Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who wears a waistcoat as a principal garment, without a coat or upper gown; in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in London, a prostitute (probably from being so dressed).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One wearing a waistcoat; esp., a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a loose woman; strumpet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete One wearing a
waistcoat ; especially, a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a loose woman;strumpet .
Etymologies
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waistcoat + -eer
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Examples
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-- "I know the face of yonder waistcoateer," continued the guide;
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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