romper

[rom-per]

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noun

a person or thing that romps.
Usually rompers. (used with a plural verb)
1. a loose, one-piece garment combining a shirt or blouse and short, bloomerlike pants, worn by young children.
2. a similar garment worn by women and girls for sports, leisure activity, etc.

Origin of romper

First recorded in 1835–40; romp + -er¹

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Related Words for rompers

knickers, jeans, dungarees, corduroys, chinos, breeches, bloomers, chaps, britches, denims, pantaloons, overalls, rompers

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Contemporary Examples of rompers

Local actor Joan Carles Suau agreed that rompers may just be too hard a sell for guys in the Spanish capital.
Male Romper: Rompers For Men Debut at Madrid Fashion Week (PHOTOS)
Chadner Navarro
September 4, 2012

Historical Examples of rompers

Helen and I are going to make a couple of rompers for Baby Christopher.
The Girl Scouts at Home
Katherine Keene Galt
Evidently the starch in Waterloo's rompers had driven away romance.
At the Age of Eve
Kate Trimble Sharber
"You in rompers I'd like to see," Kenny snorted in his turn.
Border, Breed Nor Birth
Dallas McCord Reynolds
She could see him clearly and she seized him by the back of his rompers.
Ethel Morton at Chautauqua
Mabell S. C. Smith
You might have awakened to the fact that I was out of rompers some years ago.
Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross
Alice B. Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for rompers

rompers

pl n

a one-piece baby garment consisting of trousers and a bib with straps
NZ a type of costume worn by schoolgirls for games and gymnastics

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Word Origin and History for rompers

romper

1842, agent noun from romp (v.). Rompers "small children's overalls" first recorded 1909, on model of trousers.