Meanings (ES + gloss)
chaleco • chalequillo
A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket.
In the Victorian Era, exposing your shirtfront in public was considered improper, as shirts were viewed as undergarments. Waistcoats concealed this and helped [to] tame oversized,…
Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his cordur…
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