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maillot (n.)
"tight-fitting one-piece swimsuit," 1928, from French
maillot
"swaddling clothes," from Old French
mailloel
(13c.), probably an alteration of
maille
"mesh" (see
mail
(n.2)). Borrowed earlier by English in the sense of "tights" (1888).
