Definition
Something non-existent; something of no value or cost.
In Context
- ""when a prosecutor dismisses some of the charges in a multi-count indictment, he is giving the defendant the sleeves from his vest""
- ""Mr. President," I said, "We don't have anything to deploy so you are giving them the sleeves from your vest."
- "Of someone stingy he would say, "This guy wouldn't give you the sleeves from his vest.""