Words & TermsPlaces and regional language
swimmers
A swimming costume or swimwear.
In a sentence
Leave your swimmers on the line so they dry before morning.
Where it came from
Swimmers is a transparent plural name for swimwear and is especially associated with New South Wales. Australian surveys show it alongside bathers, togs and cozzie.
- Initial era
- 1850–1899
- Where used
- Especially New South Wales