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waist-deep
[ weyst-deep ]
adjective
- being at or rising to the level of the waist.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of waist-deep1
First recorded in 1755–65
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Example Sentences
We worked waist-deep in it part of the time, and thawed out every stick of giant-powder at the fire.
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In crossing these we went knee-deep, and once waist-deep, into it.
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But I landed in the dark chamber of a Gnomon, waist-deep in loose wheat.
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They forded the waist-deep stream and arrived dripping but safe in camp, and were glad to be there!
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Jurgens, stepping from the ladder in water waist-deep, began wading ashore.
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