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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“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 Widdemer, Margaret
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 was in an 1860 costume made from an old, full petticoat and tight underwaist, dyed pink, and helped out with small puffed sleeves and a sash.
From Winona of the Camp Fire by Widdemer, Margaret
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 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
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