short-waisted
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of short-waisted
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
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The cinch belts were not my friends: I was short-waisted, and with a cinch belt, looked like two tomatoes, one on top of the other.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025
A. M. Homes’s new McCarthy-ish novel, “May We Be Forgiven,” earned her an austere, short-waisted photo straight out of the McCarthy playbook.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2012
Charming and self-deprecating in black jeans, an Austrian-style short-waisted jacket and sockless wingtips, he apologized for his “rehearsal hair” and joked that with taking place in Lincoln Center, the dancers were feeling self-conscious.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2010
The specific cause of the pain is the fact that, in short-waisted people, or people having unusually long ribs, stooping over habitually squeezes a nerve trunk between the rib and hip bone.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was dressed in a short-waisted gown of white muslin, with a blue girdle; her bodice was cut square, leaving her neck uncovered; her tight sleeves reached to the wrists.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)
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