(1) Was it not enough that I had to endure 40 hours a week with them in desultory conversations about which books to ‘face out,’ in something defined by that pantywaist word, ‘chat’?(2) Then again, it turns out that, as a nation, Sweden could drink any steak-eating New Yorker pantywaist under the table. 46 litres of spirits a year?(3) Just because I like to look at animals doesn't mean I'm some damn pantywaist tree-hugger.(4) Ultimately the little roughneck escapes, and she bonds with the town's nerdy little pantywaist .(5) ‘Did that set him off on one of his tirades about machismo, the Right Stuff, and pantywaist New Men?‘she asked scornfully.(6) Her pantywaist father denies her nothing.(7) As for violence, though there is tripping in soccer, it is a pantywaist affair when compared to the ruffians of ice hockey or the fearful hitting of pro football.(8) Imagine my disgust at having to sit in the dark with ascot-wearing pantywaists who call the movies ‘cinema’ and smoke imported cigarettes.(9) He has devised the word ‘Guardianistas’, for the pantywaists (nervous nellies) who read this paper and have an occasional reservation about American foreign policy.(10) It's about sushi-gobbling pantywaists in the luxury boxes playing out their fantasies.