Meanings
adjectiveempire-waist (not comparable)
- not comparablefashionHaving an empire waist.
All those empire-waist gowns and tops that looked so stylish not so long ago suddenly have turned into the fashion equivalent of pumpkins, morphing from au courant to out-of-date as quickly as the New Year's clocks chimed 12.
2008 January 8, “Sun sets on the empire line”, in Brisbane Times
nounempire-waist (plural empire-waists)
plural empire-waists
- alternativeAlternative form of empire waist
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Chicago
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