zoot suit
Noun
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Noun
zoot suit (plural zoot suits)
- An outfit featuring a suit with broad shoulders, a long coat, and baggy trousers that taper to a tight fit at the ankles.
- Synonyms: drapes, zoot
- meronyms en
- 2003, Terry Castle, London Review of Books, 18 Dec.:
- Dexter Gordon was an idol around Central Avenue. He was tall. He wore a wide-brimmed hat that made him seem like he was about seven feet tall. He had a stoop to his walk and wore long zoot suits, and he carried his tenor in a sack under his arm.
- (UK, military, slang) Synonym of goon suit#English|goon suit (“waterproof rubber suit for pilots”)
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