waistcoat-strings

Updated: June 10, 2025

Then his flashy, many-coloured cravats, stared and straggled in all directions, while his untied waistcoat-strings protruded between the laps of his old short-waisted swallow-tailed scarlet, mixing in glorious confusion with those of his breeches behind.

Robert Smith Surtees - Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour