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I am having a brain lapse, but I know there is a word used to describe the kind of suits you usually picture gangsters wearing...I need to know for my description of someone in a fic I am working on...I'm hoping someone on the boards can help me out by knowing what I am talking about.
Thanks,
Marcy
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Well the hat would be a fedora, the coat would probably be a duster. I don't know any other term for the suit besides zoot suit, like Sue said.
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I think the shoes are called spats. But I'm not positive.
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Spats are worn with shoes. Obligatory wikipedia link 
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Thanks so much, everyone. I believe that zoot suit was the word I was thinking of. Of course, if anyone else thinks of any other words to describe a gangster suit, please post a reply as well and I'll check back later.
Thanks,
Marcy
(Elrond's blessing at the departure of the company from Rivendell)
"Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you.
May the stars shine upon your faces!"
-Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
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I've heard them referred to as "pin striped suits", too
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a bit of trivia
when you can't think of the word you are looking for you are in a state of:
lexilogia
that is something i experience more frequently then i would like
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Kerth
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I think zoot suits are more 1940s. Yes, Wikipedia says 30s-40s, so a bit late for the gangsters in Prof. Hamilton's experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_suit
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