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Noun Concept
Categories: 20th-century fashion, 19th-century fashion, Fashion stubs, Corsetry
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wasp waist  wasp-waist  Waspwaist
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A very slender waist WordNet 3.0
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A very slender waist WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Wasp waist is a women's fashion silhouette, produced by a style of corset and girdle, that has experienced various periods of popularity in the 19th and 20th centuries. Wikipedia
A very slim waist resembling that of a wasp, especially one attained by tightlacing (corseting). Wiktionary
Waist like that of a wasp. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
waist
petiole
PART OF
Insect morphology
FOUND IN TAXON
Apocrita
NAMED AFTER
thorax
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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wasp waist
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wasp waist
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wasp waist
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wasp waist
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wasp-waist, Waspwaist

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