wasp waist

noun

a woman's slender waistline, especially when the result of tight corseting.

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Origin of wasp waist

First recorded in 1865–70

OTHER WORDS FROM wasp waist

wasp-waist·ed, adjective

Words nearby wasp waist

washwoman, washy, wasim akram, wasn't, wasp, wasp waist, waspish, wasps, the, waspy, wassail, wassermann

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Example sentences from the Web for wasp waist

He calls Stacey wasp-waist, but it only calls attention to his own big stomach.
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British Dictionary definitions for wasp waist

wasp waist

noun

a very slender waist, esp one that is tightly corseted

Derived forms of wasp waist

wasp-waisted, adjective

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