tank top

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tank top

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The upper part of a tank suit worn by female swimmers in modester times when swimming pools were called swimming tanks.

noun tank tops · tanktop · tank-top

An item of casual clothing: a top with no sleeves. The service makes available, during limited weekend hours, a handful of the company's items – cargo shorts, tank tops, and the like – to the Hamptons house guest who discovers that he can't make it to Monday without purchasing one of those weird madras patchwork blazers.
Similar: tank
The top of a ship's bilge tank, usually the lowest horizontal surface on board.

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noun vest

Français	débardeur

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@misc{tank_top_2026,
  title = {tank top},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tank%20top},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}