sunsuit
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- noun
- /ˈsʌnˌsuːt/
:
traje de baño
- "Look, Jen," I pointed, "there's the material from the sunsuit Grama made for your third birthday."
- wear a sunsuit
Examples
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You saw fifty-year-old women in skimpy sunsuits, sixty-year-old men in T-shirts and dungarees.
Fiction book (1999) -
The little kids all wore sunsuits with short pants and squinted into the hot light from under the brims of pastel caps.
Fiction book (1997) -
I get up, change her diaper, and dress her in a new pink sunsuit that my mother sent from Florida.
Fiction book (1990) -
She knew that Trina's clothes were mixed in with the others: little sunsuits, dresses, and nighties she had worn just a few days ago.
Fiction book (1999) -
They looked about nine, ten, or eleven years old, and they all wore the same sort of outfit—a kind of seersucker sunsuit with a bib in front and straps over the shoulders.
Fiction book (1994) -
The little kids all wore sunsuits with short pants and squinted into the hot light from under the brims of pastel caps.
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In the wading pool, Marta and Freddy jumped around in their sunsuits.
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Merry looked all proud and happy wearing her apple green sunsuit, the one that tied on the top with little yellow ribbons.
Synonyms
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2.5
A light sleeveless dress with thin straps worn in warm weather
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5.4
A one-piece outfit that looks like a top and shorts for casual wear
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Morphology
Etymology
Sunsuit joins sun ('the bright star that gives heat and light') and suit ('a set of clothes'). So, a sunsuit is simply clothes made for wearing in warm, sunny weather, which is why it usually means a light top and shorts for children.