bathing costume
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Try a bathing costume from 1901: Shark attacks have been steadily rising since 1900, according to the Shark Attack File.
From MSNBC ● Jul. 3, 2015
It's the stripey one-piece bathing costume that makes the image of George Bernard Shaw, playwright, critic, socialist and Nobel laureate, terrifyingly memorable.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2010
Bebe Daniels is impressive in this tragic role, acting without the help of a single bathing costume.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prince Christian of Hesse, spotting me in bathing costume offshore at Antibes, mistook me for a rubber mattress.
From Time Magazine Archive
This type of bathing costume, which was primarily a bifurcated garment instead of a skirted one, became the prevailing fashion as reported in English women’s magazines of the 1860s. scene at coney island—sea bathing illustrated.
From Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States by Kidwell, Claudia B.
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