waist measure

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

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

I like that," he said, "a man with a forty-two waist measure, wearing an eighteen inch collar, finding fault with a woman's double chin.

From Purple Springs by McClung, Nellie L.