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What (who) is zoot suit - definition

MAN'S SUIT STYLE OF THE 1940S
Zoot Suit; Zoot-suit; Zoot suits; Zootsuit; Hollywood jacket
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zoot suit         
¦ noun a man's suit having a long, loose jacket with padded shoulders and high-waisted tapering trousers, popular in the 1940s.
Origin
1940s: rhyming formation on suit.
Zoot Suit (play)         
PLAY BY LUIS VALDEZ
Zoot Suit (musical)
Zoot Suit is a play written by Luis Valdez, featuring incidental music by Daniel Valdez and Lalo Guerrero. Zoot Suit is based on the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial and the Zoot Suit Riots.
Zoot-Suit Murders         
1978 NOVEL BY THOMAS SANCHEZ
The Zoot Suit Murders
Zoot-Suit Murders, by Thomas Sanchez, is a 1978 murder mystery set in the Los Angeles of the 1940s and employing the true historical events of the Zoot Suit Riots as a backdrop.

Wikipedia

Zoot suit

A zoot suit (occasionally spelled zuit suit) is a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. It is most notable for its use as a cultural symbol among the Hepcat and Pachuco subcultures, although it was popular among African, Mexican, Filipino, Italian, and Japanese Americans in the 1940s.

The zoot suit originated in an African American comedy show in the 1930s and was popularized by jazz and jump blues singers. Cab Calloway called them "totally and truly American". The suits were worn mainly by men of color, including a young Malcolm X. During the rationing of World War II, they were criticized as a wasteful use of cloth, wool being rationed then. In 1942, the War Production Board issued restrictions aimed at stopping the sale of zoot suits.

Predominately Mexican and Black zoot suiters became victims of racial mob violence in the 1943 Zoot Suit Riots. Shortly after, wearing of the zoot suit was indefinitely banned in Los Angeles via a city wide ordinance. The zoot suit become an important symbol of cultural pride in the Chicano Movement. It experienced a brief resurgence in the swing revival scene in the 1990s. The suit is still worn by Chicanos for memorialization events and special occasions.

Examples of use of zoot suit
1. You could make him a blond and shave off his whiskers, put him in a zoot suit and Id spot him.
2. You could make him a blond and shave his whiskers, put him in a zoot suit and I‘d still spot him." Four other former hostages agreed with Mr Scott, but at least one disagrees.
3. "You could make him a blond and shave his whiskers, put him in a zoot suit and I‘d still spot him." Scott and former hostages David Roeder, William J.
4. You could make him a blond and shave his whiskers, put him in a zoot suit and I‘d still spot him Former US hostage Chuck Scott Another top student leader, Abbas Abdi, also denied the allegations as did Hamid Reza Jalaiepour, a third hostage–taker.
5. There‘s no question about it,‘‘ said former hostage Chuck Scott, a retired Army colonel who lives in Jonesboro, Ga. You could make him a blond and shave his whiskers, put him in a zoot suit and I‘d still spot him.‘‘ Scott and former hostages David Roeder, William J.