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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

empire-waist en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having 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so stylish not so long ago suddenly have turned into the fashion equivalent of pumpkins, morphing from au courant to out-of-date as quickly as the New Year's clocks chimed 12. 2008 January 8, “Sun sets on the empire line”, in Brisbane Times:

empire-waist en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of empire waist

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