swimming costume
bathing costume
mainly British any apparel worn for swimming or sunbathing, such as a woman's one-piece garment covering most of the torso but not the limbs
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How to use swimming costume in a sentence
The earliest reference to swimming costume I have found was in 1869.
Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States | Claudia B. KidwellHe pointed to Ingleby's tennis flannels and black swimming costume which hung behind the door.
Delilah of the Snows | Harold BindlossThe decade from 1910 to 1920 was a crucial period in the history of bathing and swimming costume.
Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States | Claudia B. KidwellSymbolic of the conflict between old and new attitudes were the relative roles of bathing and swimming costume during this period.
Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States | Claudia B. KidwellIt was this type of swimming costume which evolved into the garment that dominated the fashion pages of the mid-1920s.
Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States | Claudia B. Kidwell
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