It was a waistcoat of flowered silk, sown with seed-pearls.
The gentleman took the ticket from the man's hand and slipped it into his waistcoat pocket.
John Whitney had already plunged in after his little brother; his coat, jacket, and waistcoat were lying on the bank.
With the most refined impertinence he drew the brim of his hat over his eyes and stuck his hand into his waistcoat pockets as he surveyed the other.
Garth took a key from his waistcoat pocket, and laid it on the table.
So the ring went to church in Garth's waistcoat pocket, where it had lived since Jane brought it out from Aberdeen; and, without any fumbling or hesitation, was quietly laid by him upon the open book.
A heavy gold chain stretched from pocket to pocket across his waistcoat unguarded.
She slipped the note into his waistcoat pocket without his showing the slightest sign of interest in what she was doing; he seemed to be mumbling something, for his lips were moving, but it was impossible to make out what he said.
Here, you're a pretty sort; I'll put it in your waistcoat pocket for you.
It had not been necessary, and she was too little used to it not to be abashed by finding herself proclaiming the fact to his verywaistcoat itself.
But she bravely smiled as she tenderly brushed away with her hand two drops which fell upon a tweed waistcoat she had picked up.
He had on his head a large broad-brimmed straw hat, a gaily-coloured handkerchief, and a waistcoat of red silk, while his jacket was of the finest material.
He looked as if he had only just got out of bed, for he was wearing a night-shirt tucked into his trousers, and had no waistcoat on; only a jacket flung on loosely and left unbuttoned.
One of his descendants gave it to me, and I had it in my waistcoat pocket this summer, but, looking for it now, I find I have lost it.
The man slowly unbuttoned his waistcoat and took out a folded dispatch.
Unbutton your coat and waistcoat and hand 'em to me at once.
He had not changed his dress since the preceding evening; his throat was bare, his waistcoat thrown open, and on the torn and rumpled cambric of his shirt-front were drops of blood.
I am not an astronomer," cried Mr. Sagittarius, cringing in the voluminous waistcoat of Mr. Ferdinand.
Mr. Sagittarius, with shaking hands, drew in the waistcoat of Mr. Ferdinand, which hung in folds around his thin and agitated figure.
They were familiarly known as the "robin redbreasts," from the scarlet waistcoat which was practically their badge of office, although they also carried as a mark of authority a small baton surmounted by a gilt crown.
After General Ketchum's death his waistcoat was not to be found, nor the note for $2,600.
Nothing was found in the hut, but in an outhouse they came upon a coat and waistcoat and two pairs of trousers, all much stained with fresh blood-marks.
He was dressed in severely English fashion, from the cut of his white waistcoat to the admirable poise of his white tie.
Over his coat and waistcoatthe other man's fingers travelled with curious dexterity.
The doctor walked to the glass, took snuff, and burnished hiswaistcoat before he answered.
There sat the captain at a table, the roast and wine untouched before him, his waistcoat thrown open.
He related how he had gone post from Paris to Lyons, to order, among other things, an embroidered canary waistcoat for George Selwyn from Jabot.
And he held up a wondrous vellum-hole waistcoat of a gone-by vintage, and I saw how futile it were to attempt to lead him, while in that state of absorption, to topics which touched my affair.
I unbuttoned his waistcoatand felt his heart, and rejoiced to find it beating; we poured cold water over his face and wrists.
He was a foppish little gentleman who thought more of the cut of his waistcoat than of the affairs of the province, and would rather have been bidden to lead the assembly ball than to sit in council with his Excellency the Governor.
He was grown a deal stouter, but my eye was caught and held by the blue coat and buff waistcoat he wore.
I had not lost my senses, and was on my knees again immediately, ripping open Comyn's waistcoat with my left hand, and murmuring his name in an agony of sorrow.
He took a pinch of snuff and brushed his waistcoat before he spoke.
I fumbled in my waistcoat for the repeater I had bought that morning over against Temple Bar, in Fleet Street, and I thrust it into John Paul's hand as he came up.
A waistcoat of the same, with enormous pockets, and buttoned up to his chin, reached below over a pair of tight pantaloons, the lower parts of which were buttoned down to the ankles.
Then someone saw under the flap of his waistcoat that same silver-hafted pistol that lay so lately next the lease of the Why Not?
In the twenty-seventh waistcoat that was examined the card was found: Mr. Sydney Ricketts.
I was altering a waistcoat for a clerk who lived below us.
At the second-hand dealer's I ought to get five silver roubles for them, or if not I could turn them into two pairs of trousers for Petersburg gentlemen and have a piece over for a waistcoat for myself.
So Peter Rabbit went off up the hill, while Mr. Toad smoothed down his dingy whitewaistcoat and told Johnny Chuck what a foolish thing fear is.
His hands were folded across his white and yellow waistcoat and his eyes were closed.
Grandfather Frog felt very good that morning, very good indeed, because--why, because his white and yellow waistcoat was full of foolish green flies.
It is almost a rule without an exception that a man who works in the stable in trousers, belt, and shirt, adds a waistcoat to his outfit before he goes in to bat.
Still, waistcoat or no waistcoat, he is generally bright and quick, and with practice makes a smart field.
But if I entrust my tailor with stuff for a suit, and it afterwards comes to my knowledge that he has “screwed” an extra waistcoat out of it, which he keeps or sells for his own benefit, do I regard it as a serious act of robbery?
He had on, however, a waistcoatwith woollen sleeves.
Phelim put his hand instinctively to his waistcoat pocket, in which he carried the housekeeper's money.
There; it was only your waistcoat that was turned down in the collar.
I bought a waistcoat on Saturday last from Paddy M'Gartland, but I only tuck it on the condition of your likin' it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "waistcoat" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
