bathing suit

noun

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This pashmina-like oversized wrap can be worn as a sarong on the beach or a full cover-up over a bathing suit at lunch. Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2025 And its bucktoothed beaver mascot strikes a chord with shoppers who scramble to buy seasonal blankets, shot glasses, T-shirts, bathing suits and other merchandise branded with the beaver. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Even now, people comment on the gorgeous bathing suits and pictures. Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025 Around the same time, the bathing suit business took off, as war-time fabric rationing lifted and the culture shifted to allow less modesty and more playful expression. Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bathing suit

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bathing suit was in 1852

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