mankini

American  

[man-kee-nee] / mænˈki ni /

noun

1. a man’s one-piece bathing suit cut in a deep V-shape, covering the crotch and extending up to form shoulder straps.

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mankini British  

/ ˌmæŋˈkiːnɪ /

noun

1. a man's swimming costume consisting of a narrow V-shaped piece of material extending from the crotch to the shoulders

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Etymology

Origin of mankini

< man + (bi)kini

Example Sentences

Dorchester Town player-manager Ashley Vickers was sent off in a 2011 Blue Square Bet South game against Havant & Waterlooville for tackling a pitch invader dressed in a mankini.

From BBC

Matt Shirvington, a news presenter on Seven Network and a former Olympic runner, jokingly threatened in a television broadcast on Monday morning that if Mr. Rose wasn’t able to attend the Olympics because of his mankini, current and former Olympians would start wearing them too.

From New York Times

Paris 2024 hopeful Rose wore three costumes - a fluorescent orange mankini, a gorilla costume and a Duffman outfit from the Simpsons.

From BBC

A mankini ban has been credited with helping to reduce crime and antisocial behaviour.

From BBC

The word “wife,” charged with the frisson of a lime-green mankini, quietly exaggerates our dependence on fixed ideas of one another.

From The New Yorker