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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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WESKIT, n. Also west coat (Ags. 1712 A. Jervise Land of the Lindsays (1853) 343), wystcoat (Sc. a.1900 Readings & Dialogues 36), weist-kwite (Kcd. 1956 Mearns Leader (27 April)), wastcoat (Sc. 1911 S.D.D.); wascoat (Wgt. 1877 G. Fraser Sketches 312), -cot (Abd. 1915 H. Beaton Benachie 60), waiskit (Edb. 1856 J. Smith Poems (1869) 8; wm.Sc. 1934 T. Smellie Mrs Goudie's Tea-Pairty 22), waeskit (Sh. 1899 Shetland News (22 July)), weyscot (Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) 118, 123), wisekit (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 211), wyskit (Bnff. 1920 Banffshire Jnl. (14 Dec.); Abd. 1925 A. Murison Rosehearty Rhymes 78), wysskwite (Abd. 1929 J. Milne Dreams o' Buchan 52), Sc. forms and usages of Eng. waistcoat (Abd. 1905 W. Watson Auld Lang Syne 136, Edb. c.1920 A. C. Leighton Tibbie's Yarns 99; Bnff. 1939 J. M. Caie Hills and Sea 36). The more usual Sc. word for waistcoat is vest, now obsol. in Eng. [′wɛskɪt, as in colloq. Eng.; ne.Sc. + ′wəis-] In comb. and phrs.: (1) to come or try on the lang weskit, to have sport with, to take a rise (out of), to quiz; (2) weskit tearer, a bore, a tiresome person (Dmb. 1969).Abd. 1913 D. Scott Hum. Stories 93:
Frankie thinks he's awfa cliver, ye ken, an' comes the lang weskit wi' me.Abd.¹³ 1933:
Tryin' on the lang waiskit — of a light-hearted lad having a great time with some girls.