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Waistband   Listen
noun
Waistband  n.  
1.
The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like.
2.
A sash worn by women around the waist. (R.)






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"Waistband" Quotes from Famous Books



... black silk stockings—in fact, a complete fit-out. Coming near the bed, Juliette drops her skirt, and cleverly gets into the drawers, which were not a bad fit, but when she comes to the breeches there is some difficulty; the waistband is too narrow, and the only remedy is to rip it behind or to cut it, if necessary. I undertake to make everything right, and, as I sit on the foot of my bed, she places herself in front of me, with her back towards me. I begin ...
— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

... broke into a roar; The fifth; his waistband split; The sixth; he burst five buttons off, And ...
— The American Union Speaker • John D. Philbrick

... off her slouch hat at the turnings to bare her damp forehead, drew the sleeve of her close-fitting jersey across her face every few moments, and, at last, to aid her in making better progress, as well as to cool her ankles, brought the bottom of her skirt through the waistband, front and back, and walked in her red flannel petticoat. As she travelled, she looked skyward occasionally with a troubled face, and, resting but seldom, urged the team forward. Clear weather and sunshine would not ...
— The Plow-Woman • Eleanor Gates

... open door he saw them—two—standing in front of a mirror, one with her back toward him, in a blouse of pink that she was pulling into a waistband. The other watched her, pins in her mouth, a tape measure over her arm. Both were absorbed, the one in her reflection in the glass, the other in the pink blouse. He trod on the step with a heavy foot and muttered a gruff ...
— Treasure and Trouble Therewith - A Tale of California • Geraldine Bonner

... trousers. So clad he felt more of a man and better able to cope with things, although his satisfaction in them was somewhat modified by the knowledge of two safety-pins at the sides, to take up their superfluous girth at the waistband. ...
— The Breaking Point • Mary Roberts Rinehart


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