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2. Waistcoat - Wikipedia

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   A waistcoat (UK and Commonwealth, / ˈ w eɪ s (t) k oʊ t / or / ˈ w ɛ s k ə t /; colloquially called a weskit [1]) or vest (US and Canada) is a sleeveless upper-body garment. It is usually worn over a dress shirt and necktie and below a coat as a part of most men's formal wear. It is also sported as the third piece in the traditional three ...

3. 1750–1775 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   The women's sack-back gowns and the men's coats over long waistcoats are characteristic of this period. Fashion in the years 1750–1775 in European countries and the colonial Americas was characterised by greater abundance, elaboration and intricacy in clothing designs, loved by the Rococo artistic trends of the period. The French and English ...

4. Spencer (clothing) - Wikipedia

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   Clothing, c. 1800. The woman and the boy in brown are wearing spencers. The spencer, dating from the 1790s, was originally a woollen outer tail-coat with the tails omitted. . It was worn as a short waist-length, double-breasted, man's jack

5. Tailcoat - Wikipedia

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   A tailcoat is a knee-length coat characterised by a rear section of the skirt (known as the tails), with the front of the skirt cut away.. The tailcoat shares its historical origins in clothes cut for convenient horse-riding in the Early Modern era.

6. 1918 United Kingdom general election - Wikipedia

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   To these candidates a letter, known as the Coalition Coupon, was sent, indicating the government's endorsement of their candidacy. 159 Liberal, 364 Conservative, 20 National Democratic and Labour, and 2 Coalition Labour candidates received the coupon. For this reason, the election is often called the Coupon Election. [11]