waist measure

Example Sentences

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Learn to keep the back of your neck touching your collar, hold your chest high, and keep down your waist measure.

From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale

Also I disliked very much having told him my waist measure which is large owing to Basket Ball.

From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

All that awful reducing my waist measure seemed just a lack of confidence in his love for me; he wouldn't have minded if I weighed five hundred pounds, I felt sure.

From The Melting of Molly by Daviess, Maria Thompson

If the woman whose waist measure is 27 inches wears a corset of the same size, so that her waist is not compressed at all, there is added a force of 40 pounds.

From Almost a Woman by Wood-Allen, Mary

Always cut parallel with the selvage and the length of the underlap longer than the waist measure, allowing for turning at the ends.

From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz