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Definition of Slim-waisted
1. Adjective. Having a small waist.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slim-waisted
Literary usage of Slim-waisted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray (1893)
"... great box in the middle; and the pit is full of the most elegant slim-waisted
officers with straw-colored mustachios, and twopence a-day on full pay. ..."
2. Homer's Odyssey: Books I-IV by Homer, Bernadotte Perrin (1889)
"... ie slim-waisted, from wearing the girdle tight, as from 'lacing' to-day.
Archaic vases show that slim waists were fashionable in Homeric times, ..."
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