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pantywaist noun [ ˈpantɪwɛɪst ]

• a feeble or effeminate man.

pantywaist adjective

• effeminate or feeble.
• "the pantywaist musicians with their poodle haircuts"
Origin: 1930s: extended use of the term's literal sense ‘child's garment consisting of panties attached to a bodice’.


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