Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having a distance between shoulders and waist that is shorter than average.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having a short waist or body: applied to persons, and also to dresses, coats, or other garments covering the body.
- Pertaining to garments of this character: as, short-waisted fashion or style.
- Short-tempered; touchy; crusty.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having a short waist.
Examples
“It won't work for men with shorter torsos: "It will only emphasize how short-waisted they are," she says.”
The Wall Street Journal: Stylish Guys Steal Short Sleeves From Nerds
“Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal 4 Indeed, many women struggle with belts, finding them less than flattering no matter what figure they have—short, short-waisted, round, or wide-hipped.”
“- She is busty and short-waisted with small legs; sort of like a turnip turned on its tip.”
The Huffington Post: Snooki Profiled (And Insulted?) By New York Times
“However, in my experience, some women who are up to five foot six might need to shop in petites for pants if they are long-waisted or for tops if they are short-waisted.”
“This black and white dress cut her length in half, making her suddenly appear short-waisted.”
Bonnie Fuller: Michelle Obama's Lost Her Mind! 3 Reasons She's Suddenly A Fashion Disaster
“Tall, angular and awkward, he had on a short-waisted, thin swallow-tail coat, a short vest of the same material, thin pantaloons, scarcely coming to his ankles, a straw hat and a pair of brogans with woolen socks.”
“I'm only about an inch too short-waisted for "regular" bodice lengths, and the short-waisted proportioned dress is about 2 or even 3 inches shorter.”
“I always think I'm short enough for the short-waisted and I'm always wrong.”
“But how thin her buttocks are, in very truth what a huge nose she has, she's short-waisted, too, and her feet are out of proportion!”
“They were stooping, blear-eyed, dull old men, slip-shod and shabby, in long-skirted short-waisted coats and meagre trousers, and yet with a ghost of gentility hovering in their company.”
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