Words I wouldn't have thought were of American Indian origin

I think one of the most surprising English words that may (though it is not certain) have an American Indian origin (and in that term I include the whole Americas) is

shark

Dictionaries generally suggest it is Yucatec Maya.

I had thought of shark but it'sa bit doubtful, as you say.

The only person I know ever to wear morning clothes these days, weddings aside, is (or was) the Solicitor General of the US when arguing before the Supreme Court. I say was because the new Solicitor General is a woman. I don't think she has argued a case yet so we'll see what she wears when she does.

It may be that the clerk or bailiff of the Supreme Court, the guy who cries "God save the United States and this honorable Court!" also wears morning clothes.

Edited by: VinnyD

You don't wear a dinner jacket without the appropriate tie, trousers, etc., so there really is no possibility of confusion. If I say I was wearing a dinner jacket, no one will think I was wearing it over Bermuda shorts or a lunghi.

But you might be wearing a kilt.

That's nae a dinner jacket, trax. (Although 't wad do for a black tie event.) Tak a luik at the buttons.