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.
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She goes chasing out in her underwaist and petticoat sometimes.”
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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.
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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!”
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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.
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