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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“Did you dye that old petticoat and underwaist pink?” demanded Winona, sticking her head into Marie’s tent.
From Winona of the Camp Fire by Margaret Widdemer
He could find only his cotton underwaist and his cotton shirt.
From Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
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 B. M. Bower
“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 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
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