What does straitwaistcoat mean?
Straitwaistcoat means (now rare) A straitjacket..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(now rare) A straitjacket..
[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.
When at last Conroy faced a real doctor, it was, he hoped, to be saved from suicide by a strait-waistcoat.
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Straitwaistcoat means (now rare) A straitjacket..
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[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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