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wasp-waisted, a.
Having the waist very slender, esp. as the result of tight-lacing.
1775Mrs. Delany Lett. Ser. ii. II. 160, I hope Miss Sparrow will not fall into the absurd fashion of y⊇ wasp-waisted ladies. 1839Duncan in Congr. Globe Jan., App. 104/2 A thousand of the wasp-waisted gentry to quell the Democracy of Pennsylvania—monstrous!!! 1892Daily News 7 Sept. 6/4 These young women..are not wasp-waisted.
transf.1867G. M. Musgrave Nooks & Corners Old France II. 147, I saw several wasp-waisted windmills. |