cossiecozzien.
/ˈkɒzi/, U.S. /ˈkɑzi/, Australian English /ˈkɔzi/ colloquial (originally and chiefly Australian).
A bathing-costume; a swim-suit or pair of swimming-trunks.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > swimming or bathing
bathing-dress1774
bathing-costume?a1832
costume1855
suit1864
bathing-suit1873
cossie1926
swimmer1929
togs1930
Speedo1933
swimsuit1934
bathers1945
bikini1948
bikini1957
monokini1964
tankini1985
burkini2002
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > (suitable) for specific purpose > for swimming or bathing
trunks1883
bathing-drawers1893
bathing trunks1895
bathing slips1904
Speedo1933
swimming trunks1943
bathers1945
cossie1958
baggies1962
jams1966
racer1969
1926 ‘J. Doone’ Timely Tips for New Australians Gloss. Cossie, a sea-side term applied to a swimming costume.
1958 A. Hackney Private Life xiv. 134 Young Stan's brought his cozzy.
1959 D. Hewett Bobbin Up (1961) iv. 45 He imagined them lying on the dark sand.., undoing the straps of her cozzie.
1973 Observer 2 July 31/1 No sooner had the prescribed walk in swimming cossie and platform shoes been negotiated.
1975 Darling Mag. (S. Afr.) 12 Feb. 119 ‘Aren't we gonna goef [sc. swim]?’ I screech. ‘In this heat?’...‘Shore, we gonna goef. I jis said, no cozzie.’
1981 Times 27 Aug. 11/1 A girl in a cozzie with a dead animal draped over her shoulders is a powerful image.
2008 Fodor's Austral. 2008 i. 63 This Bondi Beach favourite stocks women's cossies for all shapes and sizes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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