waistcoateer

From waistcoat +‎ -eer.

• IPA^(key): /ˌwɛskəˈtɪə(ɹ)/

waistcoateer (plural waistcoateers)

1. (obsolete) Someone wearing a waistcoat; especially, a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a whore.
   • 1639, John Fletcher, Wit Without Money:

     Do you think you are here, sir, / Amongst your waistcoateers, your base wenches?

   • 1822, Sir Walter Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel:

     Thou knowest well that, from Mrs. Deputy's self down to the waistcoateers in the alley, all of them are twiring and peeping betwixt their fingers when you pass; and yet you call yourself a miserable dog!

• “waistcoateer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.