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swimming costume

British  

noun

  1. any apparel worn for swimming or sunbathing, such as a woman's one-piece garment covering most of the torso but not the limbs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One man is immaculately dressed in gray suit and boater, the other at ease beside him in a one-piece swimming costume.

From New York Times Jun. 29, 2023

Also going under the hammer is a "primitive" swimming costume which Ms Lonsbrough wore in the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, where she won her first two gold medals.

From BBC Jun. 2, 2023

"Even now, I try to put a swimming costume on and I can't do it."

From BBC Feb. 24, 2023

My swimming costume hanging on the balcony railings going loose with chlorine and overuse, loose with two months of swimming.

From The Guardian Dec. 28, 2019

The air and her skin and her swimming costume are so wet that her leap into the pool doesn't come with the usual shock.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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