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You'd better kneel down on it; I should take off my jacket and weskit, and roll up my sleeves, if I was you Dexter's eyes sparkled as he followed this bit of advice, while Dan'l took one end of the cistern, Peter the other, and they gently launched it in the little river Ain't scared of him, are yer!"

—Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel

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noun A waistcoat; a vest.

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Julia was standing in front of her dressing table, dressed in the loosely flowing gown and closely fitted weskit, her hair tumbling in golden cascades down her back, the circle of roses nestled among the curls on her crown. — Anthology - My Scandalous Bride
It was black, with a green fitted weskit, and she was wearing short green gloves. — Futures Imperfect
Vests in 'Merka are "vests", "undervests" or "waistcoast", pronounced "weskit" -- and occasionally written that way. — Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
Why, I'd have a noo thick weskit, a plush un, before the winter come--a red un like his'n," and he nodded towards the robin Bah! — The New Forest Spy
There'd be no call for him to strip, he'd be all ready; but I'd just have off my jacket and weskit, and some of the lads to see fair, and I'd show him the way Englishmen fight. — Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy