Grecian bend

American  

noun

1. (especially in the late 19th century) a posture or walk, often considered fashionable, in which the body is bent forward from the waist.

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Grecian bend

Such passages are happily destitute of what the Viennese academicians called "style;" they have more of the old German angularity than of "the Grecian bend."

From Overbeck by Atkinson, J. Beavington

That Grecian bend to her crisp skirt was evidently an extreme from the Rue de la Paix, foretelling the end of stupendous flounces.

From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)

She was an elegant lady, with the most approved Grecian bend.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 by Various

Happier and wiser is she who studies the always living and popular Dutch roll rather than the Grecian bend, and who blooms with continual health and good temper. 

From Lost Leaders by Ridge, W. Pett (William Pett)

"Grecian bend" has lately become a common newspaper expression.

From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey