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

The "Grecian bend," stooping forward, was an attitude both in walking and standing.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

My mind is too weak to be impressed by anything Grecian, unless it is the Grecian bend.

From Tracy Park by Holmes, Mary Jane

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

From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey

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

To us at the present time it is difficult to conceive how women of sense and refinement submitted to 422423the swinging-cage paraphernalia of the sixties, or the Grecian bend of a later date.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)