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cat suit

American  

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. a jumpsuit.


Etymology

Origin of cat suit

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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She never felt the need to return to the cat suit, steadfastly refusing to sign Avengers photographs that continued to be sent to her.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2020

On Twitter, someone posted video of an audience member in a cat suit dancing along to the credits.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2020

Weight loss meant I could fit into a skin-tight leather cat suit that I wore for kicks to a round of chemotherapy.

From Golf Digest ● Nov. 27, 2019

“I remember watching the video for ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love,’ and seeing that cat suit and the hair, and I was just like, ‘What is this?’

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2016

In the room beyond, a woman in a cat suit with a tail made of orange fake fur is redoing her make-up.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

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