A visitor recalled that at one fete, "positioned at the fireplaces that flanked both ends of the massive room, servants in waistcoats and powdered wigs, continually tossed handfuls of copper filings onto the flames, transforming them into blazes of vivid green." ❋ Lesley M. M. Blume (2010)
As a child, his daughter is troubled by nightly dreams of grinning cats, caterpillars, rabbits in waistcoats, and short-tempered queens. ❋ Deliasherman (2010)
I did like the witty renderings of hedgehogs in waistcoats and ducks sipping tea and rabbits losing their trousers, but the stories were, I felt, either excessively dull (Jeremy Fisher the frog is unsuccessful in catching the lunch that he has planned for his friends but it all ends well because they bring salad!) or excessively alarming (Squirrel Nutkin narrowly escapes being skinned by an owl! ❋ Unknown (2007)
They love Tennyson so much that the colour of his waistcoats is a sort of minor Oregon question ... and I like that -- do not _you_? ❋ Robert Browning (1850)
"vests," -- as he was in the habit of calling waistcoats and pantaloons or trousers, -- hanging up as if the owner had melted out of them. ❋ Various (N/A)
They would also return with these leather American "waistcoats" which were suitable for colder climates.
They love Tennyson so much that the colour of his waistcoats is a sort of minor Oregon question ... and I like that ” do not you? ❋ Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 (1898)
In wealthier neighborhoods, “there were many more well-dressed and highly-dressed coloured people than white; and among this dark gentry the finest French cloths, embroidered waistcoats, patent-leather shoes, resplendent brooches, silk hats, kid gloves, and eau de mille-fleurs, were quite common.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)
The doctors released her when she disavowed the playing cards, the chess pieces, the waistcoats on the rabbits that darted still just out of sight, caring not a fig if she acknowledged them. ❋ Stringmonkey (2009)
Three factory managers, dressed in waistcoats, trailed after her. ❋ Peter Wonacott (2012)
That was a big deal back in Europe, where only the rich could foot the hefty bills for purple capes, red waistcoats and other bright clothes dyed with the juices of rare bugs, exotic plants and the like. ❋ Bob Schulman (2011)
The new Missoni look is made up of ankle-length dresses, maxi skirts, cropped tops and log waistcoats all based on geometric shapes. ❋ Hilary Moss (2010)
No, he takes Scrooge to the market, and shows him the abundance there, especially the fruits sometimes literal of foreign trade: There were great, round, pot-bellied baskets of chestnuts, shaped like the waistcoats of jolly old gentlemen, lolling at the doors, and tumbling out into the street in their apoplectic opulence. ❋ Jerry Bowyer (2011)
