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

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

From Tracy Park by Mary Jane Holmes

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 Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle

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 B. O. (Benjamin Orange) Flower

Smuggling done by women is called a "Case of Grecian bend."

From The Breitmann Ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland

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 William Graham Sumner