Words & TermsEveryday life
togs
Also: swimming togs
A swimming costume or swimwear.
In a sentence
Bring your togs; the pool opens at ten.
Where it came from
Togs originally meant clothes generally and narrowed to bathing clothes. In Australia the swimwear sense is especially associated with Queensland and the north.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Especially Queensland and northern Australia; understood more widely