swimming bath
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of swimming bath
First recorded in 1735–45
Example Sentences
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People think it's similar to jumping off the side of your local swimming bath into the water.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2013
There they drank her health and that of her pet baby lioness, reclined upon satin cushions, later disported themselves in her swimming bath, said to have cost 200,000 francs.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the well was not yet in full working order the engineers had dug a large shallow hole in the ground, lined with a tarpaulin, and not unlike a swimming bath in appearance.
From With Our Army in Palestine by Bluett, Antony
The effect is somewhat that of a swimming bath.
From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
The swimming bath was waiting for me underneath my window.
From The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses by Froude, James Anthony
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