cossie
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of cossie
1915–20; ( swimming ) cos(tume) + -ie
Example Sentences
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I’ve attached further examples of all the times I’ve lived my best life whilst rocking a cossie.
From BBC
But did we really need to see her cossie in the trailer?
From The Guardian
Other than that you'll need a cossie or some Speedos.
From The Guardian
Having swum 1500m in the Serpentine, cycled 43km round Hyde Park in a wet cossie and run till she dropped for 10km, she had been denied a share of gold by what seemed like a dodgy art critic's appraisal of that photo-finish.
From The Guardian
If you're a complete beginner then, after picking up goggles and a cossie, you might want to invest in lessons.
From The Guardian
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