Meanings
- uncountableClothing for a vacation.
“We need to shop,” Noelle said, crossing her legs at the ankle. “Reed needs some vacationwear.”
2009 February 24, Kate Brian [pseudonym; Kieran Scott], “Singled Out”, in Paradise Lost (Private; 9), New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 412 more examples
Fresh, Pretty Tub Dresses […] An extensive showing of dainty little models, so fresh and summery, yet very practical and ideal for vacationwear.
1911 June 19, “Chas. A. Stevens & Bros”, in The Chicago Daily Tribune, volume LXX, number 145, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 5The athletic shirt, better known as the singlet in Britain and the tank top in the United States, was the virile clothing of amateur wrestlers; it was also essential classic vacationwear and, later on in tank top form, it became an identifying symbol for partying teenage girls.
2002, Charlotte Brunel, translated by Simon Pleasance and Fronza Woods, “The Tank top”, in The T-Shirt Book, New York, N.Y.: Assouline Publishing, →ISBN, page 78
Origin
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