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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: zoot probably from suit

zoot suit

 noun
     
Related topics: Clothes
zoot suit [countable]
DCC a suit that consists of wide trousers and a jacket with wide shoulders, worn especially in the 1940s and 1950s
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