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wasp-waisted

noun

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

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Origin:
1865–70

Related forms

wasp-waist·ed, adjective

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wasp waist

—n
	a very slender waist, esp one that is tightly corseted

'wasp-waisted

—*adj*

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