zootsuit

zootsuit
zoot suit (zo͞ot) n. Slang
A man's suit popular during the early 1940s, characterized by full-legged, tight-cuffed trousers and a long coat with wide lapels and heavily padded, wide shoulders.
  [Probably from an alteration of suit.]   zootʹ-suit'er (zo͞otʹso͞o'tər) n.

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