Usually means: Victorian fashion posture exaggerating curvature.
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  1. grecian bend: Wordnik
  2. Grecian bend: Wiktionary
  3. Grecian bend: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. Grecian bend, grecian bend: Dictionary.com
  5. Grecian bend: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Grecian Bend: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  7. grecian bend: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Grecian bend: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Grecian bend, Grecian bend: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (Grecian bend)

noun:  (archaic, informal) Among women, an affected way to carry the body, the upper part being inclined forward.
noun:  (archaic, informal) An exaggerated bustle (frame worn underneath a woman's skirt), the effect of which is generally assisted by high-heeled boots.

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