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swimming costume

British

noun

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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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 • Jun. 29, 2023

The signs advise swimmers to "shower in your swimming costume and change with your towel around you".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2023

Lotte proved herself not only to be skilled but completely fearless, diving among sharks and manta rays clothed only in a swimming costume.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2015

The Drummonds had only really come into Manchester to take something back: a swimming costume for Kath that she had bought online at Bravissimo .

From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 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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