GR translation: reet pleats

[jochen stremmel]

Seems to me that in the context with zoot suit it has another meaning:

The design of the suit had many modifications, and came in all colors,
but it consisted basically of "the long killer-diller coat with a
drape shape and wide shoulders; pants with reet-pleats, billowing out
at the knees, tightly tapered and pegged at the ankles; a porkpie or
wide-brimmed hat; pointed or thick-soled shoes; and a long, dangling
keychain."

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2013/2/24 James Kyllo <jkyllo at gmail.com>:
> Difficult to translate, referring to a song or two:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkMIKEykTjI (Louis Jordan - Reet, Petite and
> Gone)
> and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE46zm4yjhA (Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite)
>
> It's how the word "right" spoken with a Northern accent is often
> transliterated, and that is used to mean "very" or "certainly" as in "It's
> reet cold this morning".
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 6:42 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> P249.4-12   ... It is all out of shape, no focus to it until a sarcastic
>> flourish from the band, and here comes the meanest customer Slothrop has
>> seen outside of a Frankenstein movie—wearing a white zoot suit with reet
>> pleats and a long gold keychain that swings in flashing loops as he crosses
>> the room with a scowl for everybody, in something of a hurry but taking the
>> time to scan faces and bodies, head going side to side, methodical, a little
>> ominous. He stops at last in front of Slothrop, who’s putting together a
>> Shirley Temple for himself.
>>
>> What are "reet pleats"?  Specifically, what is the meaning of the word
>> "reet" here?  I am having trouble finding an appropriate translation.
>>
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