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straitwaistcoats

straitwaistcoats is the plural of straitwaistcoat.

Meaning of straitwaistcoat

Noun

straitwaistcoat (plural straitwaistcoats)

  1. (archaic) A straitjacket.
    • [T]he prisoner is suffered to exercise himself; but not without the very necessary precaution of confining his arms in the strait waistcoat, securing the doors, and attentively watching his motions.1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VI, letter 115

Questions about straitwaistcoats

What is straitwaistcoats the plural of?
Straitwaistcoats is the plural of straitwaistcoat.

Words near straitwaistcoats in the dictionary

  1. Straits of Malacca
  2. Straits of Tiran
  3. Straits Settlements
  4. straitwaistcoat
  5. straitwaistcoated
  6. straitwaistcoats
  7. Straja
  8. Straka
  9. Strakas
  10. strake
  11. straked

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