rompers
Britishplural noun
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a one-piece baby garment consisting of trousers and a bib with straps
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a type of costume worn by schoolgirls for games and gymnastics
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
Many move in packs: bros in matching outfits or brightly colored, short-legged rompers, women who appear more ready for a night out than a golf tournament in their tight dresses and high heels.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2022
It was there, albeit in a heavy-handed way, in Dolce & Gabbana’s patchwork-palooza: 92 trouser and gowns and greatcoats and rompers created by uniting swatches of many colors and many histories.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2020
Smash + Tess, maker of cozy rompers and loungewear, has launched a collaboration with the popular children’s TV franchise, which turned 50 in November.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2019
There was a child standing in rompers outside a chicken-wire fence, looking in upon a huge black-and-white dog, log-chained to an apple tree.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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