straitwaistcoat

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straitwaistcoat (plural straitwaistcoats)

  1. (now rare) A straitjacket.
    • 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VI, letter 115:
      [T]he prisoner is suffered to exercise himself; but not without the very necessary precaution of confining his arms in the strait waistcoat, securing the doors, and attentively watching his motions.
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