siren suit

noun

A one-piece garment for the whole body, originally designed to be put on while making one's way to an air-raid shelter.

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Meanings

nounsiren suit (plural siren suits)

plural siren suits

  1. A one-piece garment for the whole body, originally designed to be put on while making one's way to an air-raid shelter.

    Don't ever use the hood on your anorak; and, if you do, for heaven's sake don't pull the string tight so that you peep out like a little baby in a siren suit.

    1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 61

Origin

In reference to the air-raid sirens that warned civilians to take shelter.

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APA

siren suit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/siren%20suit

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“siren suit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/siren%20suit. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “siren suit,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/siren%20suit.

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