Meaning of unitard | Babel Free

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A skin-tight garment covering the torso and the legs, sometimes the arms and feet.

Examples

“While Lincoln Kirstein noted that the unitards did show⟳ clearly the dancers' lines, he too found them distracting: "Union-suit tights are hard to make⟳ look⟳ neat, but the line of undergarments shining through continually destroyed the line."”

“The unitard consists of a leotard (a sort⟳ of stretchy one-piece bathing suit⟳) attached to a pair of tights, which completely cover⟳ the legs. The unitard can be worn by anyone — men and women, boys, girls, and extraordinarily graceful household pets.”

“Backstage (that is, in the high school locker room) before the show⟳, all the other senior girls were pulling on their red unitards for the jazz piece.”

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