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While the obvious reference for the round necks and rectangular lines, the pussy-bow blouses, knee-length skirts and waistless jackets was the past, the flat-pack values the clothes conveyed were entirely from the present.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2016

His figure was rectangular, waistless, neckless, ankleless, of middle height, looking shortish because, though he was not particularly stout, there was nothing slender about him.

From Dark Lady of the Sonnets by Shaw, Bernard

The eyes are blue, but of small brilliancy, the cheeks too broad and flat for English taste, and the young figure is already stiff, waistless, and heavy.

From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.

She invariably wore a loose muslin or print gown, waistless, and fastened at the neck; underneath this was the ordinary Samoan lava lava or waist-cloth of navy blue calico.

From The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton 1902 by Becke, Louis

But the momentary vision of a waistless woman with a shawl gathered over her head and shoulders at the back door attracted his attention.

From The Argonauts of North Liberty by Harte, Bret