swimming costume

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noun

mainly British 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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Words nearby swimming costume

swimmers, swimmer's ear, swimmer's itch, swimming, swimming bath, swimming costume, swimming crab, swimming hole, swimmingly, swimming pool, swimming pool conjunctivitis

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How to use swimming costume in a sentence

Marvin takes off his T-shirt and dives into his swimming pool.
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Just who is crazy enough to go swimming when the pond across the street has a layer of ice across the top?
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Her daughter, Elaina, 24, a trained costume designer and makeup artist, helps out by sewing clothes.
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The brand logo turned out to feature a graceful archer on horseback, in a Tatar national costume, poised to shoot his arrow.
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Obviously, Dominic West can carry on swimming as much as he likes.
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She threw out her arms as if swimming when she walked, beating the tall grass as one strikes out in the water.
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I had no idea who they were, as the Grand Duke was in morning costume, and had no star or decoration to distinguish him.
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Movement to know that she was attired in appropriate costume—short frock, biped continuations and a mannish oil-skin hat.
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If she is so distingue in rather less than ordinary dress, what would she be in a Parisian costume?
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It was a corso blanc, and everyone wore white—chiefly modifications of Pierrot costume—and everyone was masked.
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