wasp-waistedadj.
/ˌwɒspˈweɪstᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɑspˈweɪstᵻd/ Having the waist very slender, esp. as the result of tight-lacing.
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long-waisted1576
short-waisted1590
side-waisted1599
waspy1658
wasp-waisted1775
waspish1866
nip-waisted1899
1775 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. II. 160 I hope Miss Sparrow will not fall into the absurd fashion of ye wasp-waisted ladies.
1839 Congress. Globe Jan. App. 104/2 A thousand of the wasp-waisted gentry to quell the Democracy of Pennsylvania—monstrous!!!
1892 Daily News 7 Sept. 6/4 These young women..are not wasp-waisted.
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