swimming costume
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
Apparently Jennie's article has prompted her to join the school triathlon without worrying about any negativity about her shape in a swimming costume.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 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
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