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

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swimming costume

"I was broken, mentally a shell of who I was and a very unhappy person. I hated swimming, I couldn't put on a swimming costume for years," she said.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 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

Old ladies at Zoo Lake asked me where I got my swimming costume, and then proceeded to tell me about their dead sisters.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 15, 2016

“I see the glum faces under their umbrellas in the morning, and I’m thinking, ‘I have a swimming costume in my bag,’ ” said Maureen Ni Fiann, 61, a psychotherapist.

From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2013

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