speedos

alternative Speedos

1. AustraliaCanadaNew ZealandUSplural normallyA men′s tight fitting brief swimsuit.

   2000 July, Ian Jack (editor), Granta, Issue 70: Australia: The New New World, →ISBN, 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.

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   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.

   1979, Kent Pearson, Surfing Subcultures of Australia and New Zealand, University of Queensland Press, page 118

   Their club is Manly, and this word is emblazoned across the back of their speedos.

   2006, Margaret Henderson, Marking Feminist Times: Remembering the Longest Revolution in Australia, page 212

2. pluralplural of speedo

1. AustraliaA tight-fitting brief or bikini style swimsuit.

   She called down from upstairs, "He'll be out in a minute: he's just putting his Speedos on."

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   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.

   2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours, page 93

   There were dozens of girls there - girls on the deck in bathing suits, most of them Speedos because they were racing.

   2014, Norah McClintick, #3 Dead And Gone, page 12

   Synonyms: banana hammock, bikini, budgie smugglers, cock jocks, competition briefs, dick pointers, dick togs, nut huggers

1. USpluralplural of Speedo

   She always had two spare Speedos for her swimming competitions away from home.