zoot suit

noun

\ ˈzüt-

Definition of zoot suit

: a suit of extreme cut typically consisting of a thigh-length jacket with wide padded shoulders and peg pants with narrow cuffs

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Recent Examples on the Web From fringy flapper dresses, to white zoot suits, to ornate headwear…a good time was indeed had by all. — Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2020 The place had been there for 91 years, selling everything from Catholic school uniforms to zoot suits. — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 28 Dec. 2019 The crowd wrapped around the funeral home was a cross section of El Paso — a mostly Hispanic group, young and old, dressed in suits and dresses, blue jeans and work shirts, zoot suits, motorcycle club colors, and military dress uniforms. — Robert Moore, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2019 Soldiers, sailors and Marines who roamed the streets of Los Angeles on June 7, 1943, looking for Mexicans in zoot suits, stopped this streetcar during their search. — Paloma Esquivelstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019 On June 7, 1943, The Times printed a lengthy article saying that young people in zoot suits seemed to be avoiding the streets at night. — Marisa Gerber, latimes.com, 4 June 2018 The zoot suit-sporting pachucos of Chicano lore originated in El Paso. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2019 Like the sentiments that drove the zoot suit riots of 1943, black and brown women are not allowed to indulge in overabundance. — Cate Young, Vox, 2 Aug. 2019 LeBron James, the top pick that year, seems to have opted to rent a zoot suit for prom. — Troy Patterson, The New Yorker, 26 June 2019

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zoot suit

noun

English Language Learners Definition of zoot suit

: a type of suit for men that was worn in the 1940s and that consisted of a long jacket with wide shoulders and pants that were wide at the top and narrow at the bottom

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