swimming diaper

English

Etymology

From swimming +‎ diaper, and so-called because the diaper is made for swimming.

Noun

swimming diaper (plural swimming diapers)

(Canada, US, rare) Synonym of swim diaper.
- 2006, Rebecca Martorella, Tales from the Mom Front: The Misadventures of a First-Time Mom, iUniverse, →ISBN:
  The highlight of our trip was to be our son's first visit to the Atlantic Ocean. We took our time preparing for our afternoon out, dressing the baby in a swimming diaper and swimsuit; packing up towels, pail, shovel, hats and sunglasses; slathering on sunblock. We drove down to a quiet patch of beach where other sunbathers wouldn't scare our son or accidentally kick sand in his face.
- 2012, Jules Bennett, Whatever the Price, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 67:
  "What about the swimming diapers?"
  Swimming diapers? There were special diapers for swimming?
  "She has on her regular diaper," he answered, knowing he'd done something wrong. "What's the difference?"
  Charlotte took Lily from him and held her up out of the water to show a very wet, very saggy diaper. "This. If she'd had on a swimming diaper, it wouldn't absorb all the water and wouldn't be sagging practically to her ankles."
- 2023, Angela Langlois, What The Three Of Them Knew, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 103:
  Alyssa sat with Rachel as she napped, watching Heidy and Merrick enjoying the water. Evan joined them forty-five minutes later. When Rachel woke, Alyssa put on her bathing suit and swimming diaper. She was taking her into the wave pool, where the group would spend the rest of the afternoon, when Reminder came running toward the group yelling.