waist measure

Example Sentences

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If her natural waist measure is 27 inches and is reduced by the corset to 25� inches, the pressure is 73 pounds.’

From Almost a Woman by Wood-Allen, Mary

The unyielding steel and buckram will not permit a variation in the waist measure as a deep breath is inhaled or expelled.

From The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture by Stevans, Helen Follett

You wouldn't have thought so had you dropped in upon us and scanned his waist measure, but then, of course, you don't know Marny.

From Fiddles 1909 by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

Ordinarily he wore one of those canned suits that you buy in the coat-and-pants emporiums, giving your age and waist measure in order to get a perfect fit.

From At Good Old Siwash by Fitch, George

Measurements Every Girl Scout should know her measurements, including her height, her weight, her waist measure, her chest girth and her chest expansion.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam