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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She was a pretty, dirty child of perhaps five, dressed only in a soiled and ragged underwaist and petticoat, and with a mane of very long and heavy hair, all tangles and elf-locks.
From Winona of the Camp Fire by Margaret Widdemer
Aunt Mary held up a pretty underwaist and sighed deeply.
From Betty Leicester A Story For Girls by Sarah Orne Jewett
“Is your uncle rich enough for you to have a governess—and you go trailing round in your underwaist and petticoat!”
From Winona of the Camp Fire by Margaret Widdemer
She goes chasing out in her underwaist and petticoat sometimes.”
From Winona of the Camp Fire by Margaret Widdemer
Black spencer waist laced in front showing the white underwaist.
From The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays by Walter Ben Hare
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