wasp waist

English

Noun

wasp waist (plural wasp waists)

a very slim waist resembling that of a wasp, especially one attained by tightlacing (corseting)

Related terms

wasp-waisted

Translations

waist like that of a wasp

Danish: hvepsetalje c
Dutch: wespentaille (nl) f or m
Finnish: ampiaisvyötärö

French: taille de guêpe (fr) f
German: Wespentaille f
Hungarian: darázsderék

References

“wasp waist” (US) / “wasp waist” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

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