wasp waist
noun
a woman's slender waistline, especially when the result of tight corseting.
wasp-waisted
-
a word derived from
wasp waist.
Example Sentences
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While this long-tressed, wasp-waisted sorority recounts what everyone’s been through—kidnapped, poisoned, cursed, and caged—Vanellope teaches them the merits of a life-transforming invention they’ve apparently never encountered in their adventures: comfortable clothes.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2018
The collection’s body-conscious shapes created a sensation among the fashion press and buyers used to the wasp-waisted, full-skirted “New Look” pioneered by Dior.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 12, 2018
With a few swift movements on the lathe, he transformed a cylinder into a barrel-chested, wasp-waisted nutcracker.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2015
Call it the roar of nostalgia, for here was the Tiger of memory, just as broad-shouldered and wasp-waisted and carved-marble as ever.
From Time ● Apr. 9, 2010
"Look you, rebel, you had best heed how you talk against General Lord Howe," here said a thin, wasp-waisted, epauletted officer of the castle, coming near and flourishing his sword like a schoolmaster's ferule.
From Israel Potter by Herman Melville
