Pantywaist
[pan-tee-weyst] /ˈpæn tiˌweɪst/
noun
1.
Informal. a weak, effeminate man; sissy.
2.
formerly, a child’s undergarment consisting of short pants and a shirt that buttoned together at the .
adjective
3.
weak; fainthearted.
4.
Informal. .
/ˈpæntɪˌweɪst/
noun
1.
a child’s undergarment consisting of a shirt and pants buttoned together at the waist
2.
(US, informal) a man or boy considered as childish, lacking in courage, etc
n.
“weak or effeminate male,” 1936, from a type of child’s garment with short pants that buttoned to the waist of a shirt; see panties + waist.
noun
A weak or effeminate male; pansy: The hurt pantywaist ran off a number of copies of his letter
[1936+; fr a child’s garment with short pants buttoned to the waist of a shirt]
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