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bathing suit

[ bey-thing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

bathing suit

/ ˈbeɪðɪŋ /

a garment worn for bathing, esp an old-fashioned one that covers much of the body
another name for swimming costume

First recorded in 1870–75

My oldest sister, Bridget, water-skied in a two-piece bathing suit, her long brown hair lifted off a noble neck.

Ted, the toddler, appeared onscreen in a black bathing suit with white polka dots.

No one can touch you where your bathing suit covers.Resist it.

I guess it was a bathing suit because it was a bright color.

When he first laid eyes on her, she was in a tight spandex bathing suit.

She was very amiable during the walk back, and raved much over Edna's appearance in her bathing suit.

Edna had found her old bathing suit still hanging, faded, upon its accustomed peg.

There, leaning over the rail, he saw her again almost beneath him in the sand, scantily clad in a bathing suit.

"You go with me," declared McMillan, twisting his left hand in the collar of Carl's bathing suit.

When a person wears nothing but a bathing suit his means of offense and defense are naturally limited.

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