short-waisted

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short-waist·ed (shôrt

adj.

Having a distance between shoulders and waist that is shorter than average.

short-waisted

adj

unusually short from the shoulders to the waist

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short			And she spread out her arms to show her short-waisted, lace-trimmed, dainty gray dress, girdled with a broad ribbon just below the breast. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context She had retired to this room as a good place in which to be miserable; for it was dark and still, full of ancient furniture, sombre curtains, and hung all around with portraits of solemn old gentlemen in wigs, severe-nosed ladies in top-heavy caps, and staring children in little bob-tailed coats or short-waisted frocks. Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context There is no King George the Fourth now (more the pity) to set the dandy fashion; there are no clear-starched jack-towel neckcloths, no short-waisted coats, no false calves, no stays. Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context			short-sheet short-sighted short-sightedly short-sightedness short-sleeved short-snouted short-spoken short-spurred short-spurred fragrant orchid short-staffed short-stalked short-staple cotton short-stay short-stemmed short-stop short-stop bath short-tailed short-tailed shearwater short-tailed shrew short-tempered short-term short-term memory short-termism short-time short-toed eagle short-waisted short-wave short-winded short-winged Short-wited shortage shortbread shortbread cookie shortcake shortchange Shortclothes shortcoming shortcomings shortcrust pastry shortcut shortcut key shorten shortened shortened form Shortener shortening Shorter Shorter Catechism shortfall shortfin mako shortgrass			Short-Term Trading Indexes Short-Term Trading Indices Short-Term Treasury Bills Short-term trend short-term trend analysis Short-Term Trends Short-Term Verbal Memory Short-Term Working Memory Short-Term, Innovative Concept short-termism short-termism Short-Throw Shifter Short-Time Short-Time Short-Time First Fourier Transforms Short-Time Fourier Short-time Fourier transform Short-Time Fourier Transform Magnitude Short-Time Integration short-time rating Short-time Spectral Amplitude Short-To-Medium Term Control short-toed eagle short-toed eagle Short-toed Snake Eagle Short-toed Snake Eagle Short-toed Snake-eagle Short-toed Snake-eagle short-tube vertical evaporator short-waisted Short-wave Short-wave Short-wave Short-wave Broadcast short-wave diathermy Short-wave Fade Short-Wave Microwave Links Short-wave radio Short-wave radio Short-wave transmitter Short-wave transmitter Short-Wavelength Automated Perimetry short-winded short-winded short-winged Short-wited short-woolled Short-Yearlings shortage shortage shortage shortage shortage shortage area Shortage Area Medical Matching Program Shortage cost Shortage scare Shortage scare Shortage Specialty Pay Shortages

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