waist measure
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Ladies' Skirts—20 to 42 inches waist measure, 40 to 44 inches long, 4½ yards, 54 inches wide.
From The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines by Copeland, Vanness
Trousers—30 to 42 inches waist measure, 36 to 42 seat measure, 30½ to 34 inside leg measure, 1½ yards.
From The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines by Copeland, Vanness
And Kitty's waist measure is forty, While mine is full fifty and three, So I can't get my arm about Kitty, Nor can she get both hers around me.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
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
Cicely seated herself on the sofa and smiled encouragement at the young man, while she vaguely wondered whether he had discovered that her cousin's waist measure was three inches smaller than her own.
From Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book by Ray, Anna Chapin
