bathing costume


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bathing costume

(ˈbeɪðɪŋ)
n
(Clothing & Fashion) another name for swimming costume
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bathing costume - tight fitting garment worn for swimmingbathing costume - tight fitting garment worn for swimming
bikini, two-piece - a woman's very brief bathing suit
garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"
maillot, tank suit - a woman's one-piece bathing suit
bathing trunks, swimming trunks - swimsuit worn by men while swimming
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bathing costume

bathing suit
noun swimming costume, bikini, cossie (informal), swimming togs (informal), trunks, swimsuit, swimwear, swimming trunks She wore a one-piece white bathing costume.
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Translations

bathing costume

bathing suit ncostume m da bagno
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References in periodicals archive ?
"She was only wearing a bathing costume because we had just been in the pool.
She once turned down an invitation from a national tabloid to appear as Camilla in a bathing costume.
We don't have anyone parading about in a bathing costume.''
`Come swimming - you'd look fantastic in a bathing costume' was one of them.
The 24-year-old's bathing costume comprised bikini bottoms only - exposing the breasts that many say have been surgically enhanced.
Walking about in a skimpy bathing costume or bikini is probably the nearest we get to our worst nightmare of being caught naked in a public place, our vulnerability exposed along with our saggy bits.
"I saw the state of myself in a bathing costume on Daytona beach and knew I had to do something."
'The only thing a naturist doesn't take on holiday is a bathing costume.
M&S has even taken the corsage - popularised last winter due to Sex and the City's Sarah Jessica Parker - and put it on a halter neck style bathing costume so you can look chic as well as cool on the beach.
Tomboy refused to wear a new bathing costume, saying it went up her bottom.
Feeling 'warm and dirty after changing the tyre', Mr Stenhouse grabbed his bathing costume and went down to the banks of the river.
After all, we don't ask boxers, wrestlers, swimmers or divers to cover up - and there are plenty of women happy to pay to see the Chippendales in little more than a bathing costume.