waistlessadj.
/ˈweɪstlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈweɪs(t)lᵻs/ Having no waist; having the appearance of being without a waist.
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waistless?a1513
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 152 Full mony a waistles wallydrag With wamis vnweildable did furth wag, In creische that did incres.
1796 Sporting Mag. 8 185 To conform to fashion's sway, Betsey is become waistless.
1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 122 Their little, bustless, waistless, hipless figures.
1893 E. B. Custer Tenting on Plains iv. 85 It would have been rather serious joking if..I had not brought a jacket,..for..I should have been huddled inside the closed ambulance, waistless and alone.
1910 E. R. Suffling Eng. Ch. Brasses 128 It is a life size figure, habited in a long flowing gown, waistless and without ornament of any kind.
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