Meaning of pantywaist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An undergarment composed, in part, of panties attached to a waistband.
   dated, informal
2. An ineffectual, weak, or timid person, especially a boy or young man; a sissy.
   derogatory, informal

Examples

“Lace trimmed panty waists—50 cents.”

“Don't be misled by the British tendency to be soft-spoken and polite. The English language didn't spread across the oceans and over the mountains and jungles and swamps because these people were pantywaists.”

“She stared at the metal bars hanging from the wood beams of the ceiling. Lined handcuffs dangled from the ends. The dungeon master would suspend his handcuffed victim from that horizontal bar. “Don’t be a pantywaist, baby. This is what you wanted.””

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