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  • Arsenal FC kit features midnight blue shorts with a photo blue stripe along the side with white canon stitched in to the back of the shorts on the waist-band, a graphic showing an Arsenal canon is on the back of the waistband.

    Arsenal 2009/2010 Away & Third team kits Azmie aka switch image 2009

  • He flashed at the man, sinking his teeth harmlessly into the slack of the man's trousers at the waist-band above the hip, but by his weight dragging him half down to the ground.

    CHAPTER XXXVI 2010

  • Arsenal FC kit features midnight blue shorts with a photo blue stripe along the side with white canon stitched in to the back of the shorts on the waist-band, a graphic showing an Arsenal canon is on the back of the waistband.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Azmie aka switch image 2009

  • When a fan asked to see his Calvins (he's a model for Calvin Klein underwear), he obliged, pulling the waist-band up to show the crowd.

    Meg Hemphill: The Scene From the Twilight: Eclipse Premiere 2010

  • When a fan asked to see his Calvins (he's a model for Calvin Klein underwear), he obliged, pulling the waist-band up to show the crowd.

    Meg Hemphill: The Scene from the Twilight: Eclipse Premiere 2010

  • The pants have a drawstring waist, and a smart rubberized interior waist-band keeps them from slipping down.

    PATAGONIA SHADOW JACKET AND PANTS 2008

  •   Sandy, about forty-five, dressed girlishly in a jean skirt and blazer, a nice handful of stomach pudge making its way out of her low-cut waist-band, hair closely cropped, eyes cornflower blue — sweet, soft, eyes, which had inaccurately given Alison the impression that she was a sincere and kind person during their interview — was perusing the computer screen on her desk.

    Sister Switch 2008

  • • Mosquitoes, ticks, and no-see-ums can't penetrate the tight mesh of the Bug Pack, which includes a jacket and pants, both with an elastic waist-band and cuffs, and a head-net with underarm elastic straps for a secure fit all-around.

    Scent-Free and Bug-Proof Suits for Early-Season Whitetail Deer Hunting 2005

  • Julia untangled her fingers from the close-cropped hair at his nape, eagerly jerked his shirt from the waist-band of his slacks, then sighed with pleasure when her hands found his bare skin.

    The Maverick Nelson, Rhonda 2006

  • ‘Nay, there is no time,’ she answered, glancing at a jewelled timepiece, scarcely larger than an oyster, which she drew from her waist-band; and then she pushed it away, in confusion, lest its wealth should startle me.

    Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

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