waister

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waister

(ˈweɪstə)
n
(Nautical Terms) nautical a sailor who performs menial duties
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Owner Billy Waister, who has lived inSaltburnfor "many years", said the shop could become the town's latest beachfront business by early May if plans submitted to Redcar and Cleveland Council get the go-ahead.
CORMACK & WAISTER (1977), em estudos com mirtileiros do grupo Highbush (Vaccinium corymbosun), afirmaram que a poda drastica, realizada consecutivamente por tres anos, nao proporcionou maior producao e tamanho dos frutos, mesmo estas apresentando maior estrutura e vigor das novas brotacoes.
William Waister 1973 "New directions in equity research." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 25: 151-176.
"I hear about a TV project I might be involved with - and it's frequently a period drama - and I'm immediately thinking, 'Well if that's set in 1870, then we're talking a high waister, a little earlier then it's something different.' "Basically, I've become a corset geek.
The kids were all dressed as if they were in the Leazes End on a Saturday afternoon: half-mast high waisters, cherry red riders, or Doc Martins, non-regulation star jumpers and a school tie that was worn to be fatter than it was long.
In the Royal Navy, a ship's crew was divided into two types--professional sailors and waisters, those who worked in the waist areas of a ship.
Big collars and high waisters circa New York's Cotton Club abounded.
Sir Simon of the High Waisters announced this week that the minimum age for contestants on the next series of X Factor has been lowered to 14.
As a bairn, I naively believed my mate who swore he felt the Tyne Bridge wobble and shouted out when sitting on the top of the 97 bus, causing his Chipmunk crisps (2p a bag y'knaa!) to spill down the front of his high waisters.
Superbly hystrionic indie-metal offering a free nosebleed with every pair of skintight low waisters.
I've also heard a horrible rumour that hipster jeans are out and high waisters are in.