one-piece
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of one-piece
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Yet Churchill’s wartime wardrobe included velvet slippers and one-piece rompers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
It was a very electric evening — people like Rudi Gernreich, the inventor of the modern one-piece bathing suit, and even a reporter from the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
Chappell also joined the fun, wearing a one-piece bodysuit encrusted with pearls and seashells.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2024
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
Young women in modest one-piece bathing suits with frilled skirts splashed in the water or stretched out on warm sand, waiting.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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
Most recently, she posed in a seafoam-green one-piece as she encouraged her followers to use a discount code to purchase similar "glorious one-pieces" from her collection.
From Fox News ● Sep. 5, 2021
But these one-pieces also correspond to trends in fashion.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2019
A group of three middle-aged friends all wore more demure floral one-pieces and matching beads.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2013
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