Swimshirt

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shirt worn over a swimsuit in order to provide extra protection from the sun.

    "Jess always wore a specially protective swimshirt over her togs to minimise the effect of the sun on her fair skin, and a floppy white hat, but Raefe was bare-shouldered and hatless as he worked away at the sandcastle."

Example

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"Jess always wore a specially protective swimshirt over her togs to minimise the effect of the sun on her fair skin, and a floppy white hat, but Raefe was bare-shouldered and hatless as he worked away at the sandcastle."

Etymology

From swim + shirt.

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