Wasp-waisted
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Wasp-waisted is an adjective meaning Having a very slim waist, especially as a result of tightly-laced clothing.
Meaning
Having a very slim waist, especially as a result of tightly-laced clothing.
Example Sentences
He strutted down Bond Street with the best of them, decked out in his top hat, wasp-waisted coat and silk hose.
Being a devotee of the Johnny Weismuller school of Tarzaning, no wasp-waisted cartoon character can get my blood aboil.
"Housewife" recalls too strongly the wasp-waisted 1950s figure outwardly thrilling to the latest advances in domestic technology while necking tranquillisers to dull the pain of frustrated ambition.
Last week she had opened a door by mistake on a staircase in Bayswater and a woman in a tight black waspwaisted corset, pearls lolling between two great naked breasts, stood by a cage made of gold wire the size of a fourposter bed, in which were a dozen or so brilliantly fringed and tinted birds.
Synonyms for wasp-waisted
Depending on context, synonyms include lean, thin.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lean, thin, waspwaisted, waisted, shirtwaisted, waistlined.
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