one-piece
Americanadjective
noun
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one-pieces
plural
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of one-piece
First recorded in 1875–80
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Yet Churchill’s wartime wardrobe included velvet slippers and one-piece rompers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
The burka is a one-piece veil worn by some Muslim women that covers the face and body, often leaving just a mesh screen to see through.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2025
Because the T-shirt and one-piece are classic and could have been from almost any decade — 1970s, the 1940s.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2025
For the swimsuit portion of the Miss Argentina contest, Rodríguez chose a modest one-piece suit with a shawl draped over her shoulders, giving the crowd a shimmy as fans whooped and blew air horns.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
It looked like some kind of one-piece suit or overalls.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
And the girls in the bathing suits had one-pieces so they weren't really skimpy, and they had heaters in the fitting room so they wouldn't be cold.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2022
If you’re looking for a few new bathing suits, check out the tops, bottoms and one-pieces by this Los Angeles-based brand that works toward sustainable and ethical sourcing of materials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
Hurley encouraged her followers to use a discount code to purchase one-pieces from her line.
From Fox News ● Sep. 2, 2021
It’s been the subject of a New York Times Magazine Letter of Recommendation and has had its image plastered on swim shorts and one-pieces.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2019
I expected Elvis Presley’s Graceland to be a temple of tacky brimming with shag rugs and frequented by zealous impersonators in blinged-out one-pieces.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2017
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