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wasp waist

–noun
a woman's slender waistline, esp. when the result of tight corseting.

Origin:
1865–70


wasp-waisted, adjective
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wasp waist  
n.  A very slender waist or one that is tightly corseted.
wasp'-waist'ed (wŏsp'wās'tĭd, wôsp'-) adj.
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