one-piece
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of one-piece
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Yet Churchill’s wartime wardrobe included velvet slippers and one-piece rompers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
The burka is a one-piece veil worn by some Muslim women that covers the face and body, often leaving just a mesh screen to see through.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025
For the swimsuit portion of the Miss Argentina contest, Rodríguez chose a modest one-piece suit with a shawl draped over her shoulders, giving the crowd a shimmy as fans whooped and blew air horns.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024
On evenings and weekends, while other dads were playing golf or tennis, my father would don a zip-up, one-piece camouflage suit.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024
It looked like some kind of one-piece suit or overalls.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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