underwaist
Americannoun
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a blouse worn under another.
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such a blouse to which other undergarments are pinned or buttoned, worn by infants and small children.
Etymology
Origin of underwaist
Example Sentences
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Maria had a beautiful neck showing above the lace of her underwaist.
From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Brett, Harold M.
She goes chasing out in her underwaist and petticoat sometimes.”
From Winona of the Camp Fire by Widdemer, Margaret
See the draft for the pattern of the small underwaist, page 53.
From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by McGlauflin, Idabelle
He tucked the toad inside his underwaist and ignored its wriggling against his flesh while he squatted in the hot sunshine and watched the ants, his mind one great question.
From Cow-Country by Bower, B. M.
Mr. Cross Moore had been to the bank, too; and the sum of money which he had drawn out in crisp twenty and fifty dollar bills was pinned securely to Janice's underwaist.
From The Mission of Janice Day by Turner, Corinne
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