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swimming costume

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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

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Have you ever packed your swimming costume to go and watch live football?

From BBC

Before I was sick, I was so insecure about how I looked, I wouldn't even wear a swimming costume in front of my friends.

From BBC

Along with the crypt space, Mr Jabin also purchased a swimming costume that once belonged to Monroe, as well as Hefner's old bed.

From BBC

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

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