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swimming costume

noun

  1. any apparel worn for swimming or sunbathing, such as a woman's one-piece garment covering most of the torso but not the limbs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The earliest reference to swimming costume I have found was in 1869.

He pointed to Ingleby's tennis flannels and black swimming costume which hung behind the door.

The decade from 1910 to 1920 was a crucial period in the history of bathing and swimming costume.

Symbolic of the conflict between old and new attitudes were the relative roles of bathing and swimming costume during this period.

It was this type of swimming costume which evolved into the garment that dominated the fashion pages of the mid-1920s.

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