speedos
see also: Speedos
Noun
Speedos
Noun
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see also: Speedos
Noun
- plural form of speedo
- (North America, Australia, New Zealand, usually, in the plural) A men′s tight fitting brief swimsuit.
- 1979, Kent Pearson, Surfing Subcultures of Australia and New Zealand, University of Queensland Press, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ydGBAAAAMAAJ&q=%22speedos%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22speedos%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=k3koCWtQNL&sig=iuwfpBEHuZjIoAHEnzaWo8i078k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OdFdUJeMIceSiQfXxIHoDA&redir_esc=y page 118],
- For example, board riders paid more attention to appearances (short hair v long hair, speedos v board shorts) and conspicuous behavior (surfing for training rather than for fun or to express oneself), than life savers.
- 2000 July, Ian Jack (editor), Granta, Issue 70: Australia: The New New World, ISBN 1-929001-00-2, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fdWMqUbFZ0EC&q=%22speedos%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22speedos%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=IWqOBANBdT&sig=kw6FEAfUfmFMp1xwH6JA58ILRCc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OdFdUJeMIceSiQfXxIHoDA&redir_esc=y page 42],
- I remember my mother standing exasperated in the rain with the brolly over her head at dusk while I frog-kicked around in my speedos.
- 2006, Margaret Henderson, Marking Feminist Times: Remembering the Longest Revolution in Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=naHe6a58W98C&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq=%22speedos%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=mCk4KC-AFo&sig=Z-4l6YXtFLnZWslRBK-0QInfjVs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OdFdUJeMIceSiQfXxIHoDA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22speedos%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 212],
- Their club is Manly, and this word is emblazoned across the back of their speedos.
- 1979, Kent Pearson, Surfing Subcultures of Australia and New Zealand, University of Queensland Press, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ydGBAAAAMAAJ&q=%22speedos%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22speedos%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=k3koCWtQNL&sig=iuwfpBEHuZjIoAHEnzaWo8i078k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=OdFdUJeMIceSiQfXxIHoDA&redir_esc=y page 118],
- (swimming briefs) See also Thesaurus:swim briefs.
Speedos
Noun
speedos (plural Speedos)
- A tight-fitting brief or bikini style swimsuit.
- 2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours (page 93)
- The women usually wore bikini tops with shorts, swimsuits underneath cover-ups or just swimsuits. Men came in various types of trunks, from traditional boxers, to Speedos, to G-string trunks that showcased their packages.
- 2014 Norah McClintick, #3 Dead And Gone-p.12
- There were dozens of girls there - girls on the deck in bathing suits, most of them Speedos because they were racing.
- 2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours (page 93)
- plural form of Speedo
- She always had two spare Speedos for her swimming competitions away from home.
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