hip
noun
the projecting part of each side of the body formed by the side of the pelvis and the upper part of the femur and the flesh covering them; haunch.
hipless
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a word derived from
hip.
Example Sentences
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She was a small, almost hipless girl of twenty-five, with styleless, colorless, brittle hair pushed back behind her ears, which were very large.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
Fatherless and deserted, sick and emaciated—eight years have I passed in this wretched place, hopeless, hapless, hipless.
From Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page
The chief was a short man, who vainly believed that he could sustain his trousers in dignified position about his hipless body with a belt.
From Claim Number One by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
