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
Boats are provided on the river at Staines for instruction in rowing, and the boys are taught to swim in a large swimming bath in the grounds.
From The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" by John MacGregor
We used to practice it with a dummy in the swimming bath at school.
From Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm by Armand Both
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 Antony Bluett
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