swimmers
/ˈswɪməz
/plural noun informal, chiefly Australian
A swimming costume: her swimmers were old and she folded them neatly...
- Apparently, my swimmers were not even fit for recycling.
- I was already in my swimmers, waiting for everyone else to get up.
- If I were to appear on the cover of a mag in my swimmers, I might request they do a little work, too.
Origin
1970s: from swim + -er5.
- hand-in
- handiness
- hand in glove
- handing room
- hand in hand
- hand in one's dinner pail
- handiwork
- hand jam
- hand-jamming
- hand jive
- hand jiving
- handjob
- handkercher
- handkerchief
- handkerchief head
- handkerchief hem
- handkerchiefly
- handkerchief tree
- hand-kissing
- hand-knit
- hand-knitted
- hand labor
- hand laborer
- hand labour
- hand labourer